Is Yobani a boy or girl name?

Yobani is a boy’s name. Of the 780 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Yobani

Recorded 1983–2025 · United States

Yobani was most popular in 2008, when 50 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,726 that year. In 2025 it ranked #20,040, with 7 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 780 people named Yobani.

Yobani over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yobani’s peak in 2008. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yobani a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yobani is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 780 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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 Yobani

Where Yobani is most concentrated

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

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