Is Yanni a boy or girl name?

Yanni is a unisex name. Of the 1,061 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 26.4% were girls and 73.6% were boys.

Yanni

Recorded 1992–2025 · United States

Yanni was most popular in 1998, when 52 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,386 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,652, with 26 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,061 people named Yanni.

Yanni over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yanni’s peak in 1998. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yanni a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yanni is a unisex name — 26.4% of the 1,061 Americans given it were girls and 73.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 36% girls and 64% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Yanni

Where Yanni is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 4.1×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org