Recorded 1973–2025 · United States
Yannis was most popular in 2023, when 58 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,088 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,835, with 37 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 743 people named Yannis.
Yannis first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1973, which makes it about 52 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 40 of the 53 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 743 American births named Yannis between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 733 are estimated to be alive today.
37 American babies were named Yannis in 2025, ranking #6,835 that year.
Yannis is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 46 births a year, against 19 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +142% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Yannis is a unisex name — 21.1% of the 743 Americans given it were girls and 78.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2019 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 16% girls and 84% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 733 Americans named Yannis are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 5 and 21.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org