girls:
194 births since 1907
#5522 (3rd percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1930
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
199 births since 1907
#7540 (3rd percentile)
The name Ynez is the #7,540 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 199 recorded births since 1907. This represents the 2.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,522 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 194 births since 1907. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1930.
Ynez first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1907 (1907 for girls and 1930 for boys). Birth data for Ynez is available in 30 out of the 117 years between 1907 and 2023 (29 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ynez has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Ynez reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #941) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1907, with 15 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ynez ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 42.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ynez reached its peak popularity in 1930, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #525) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1930, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1930.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ynez".
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Our model has identified 14 different pronunciations for the name Ynez. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 25.9% confident that Ynez is pronounced as ee-NEHZ, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EE-NEHZ, at 20.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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