girls:
7 births since 2023
#5709 (0th percentile)
boys:
12 births since 1996
#4574 (0th percentile)
overall:
19 births since 1996
#7720 (0th percentile)
The name Yoani is the #7,720 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 19 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 0.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,574 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 1996. For girls, it ranks #5,709 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 2023.
Yoani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 (1996 for boys and 2023 for girls). Birth data for Yoani is available in 3 out of the 28 years between 1996 and 2023 (2 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Yoani has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (63.2% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Yoani were boys. Interestingly, until around 2019, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1996 to 2018), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2019 to 2023).
For boys, Yoani reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #879) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2011.
For girls, Yoani reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #945) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Currently, Yoani is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #945 (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yoani".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Yoani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.9% confident that Yoani is pronounced as yoh-AH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is YOH-ah-nee, at 17.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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