Is Yannis a boy or girl name?

Yannis is a unisex name. Of the 743 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 21.1% were girls and 78.9% were boys. It changed hands in 2019, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Yannis

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 over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yannis’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yannis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

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.

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