boys:
566 births since 1999
#4020 (12th percentile)
overall:
566 births since 1999
#7173 (7th percentile)
The name Younis is the #7,173 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 566 recorded births since 1999. This represents the 7.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,020 (12.3% percentile) for all time with 566 births since 1999.
Younis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1999 (first recorded for boys in 1999). Birth data for Younis is available in 22 out of the 25 years between 1999 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Younis reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 6.5% percentile (ranked #864) with 35 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 35 births per million (ranked 6.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Younis is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #855 (6.2% percentile) with 33 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Younis".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Younis. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.3% confident that Younis is pronounced as YUE-nihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is YUH-nihs, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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