Is Yunus a boy or girl name?

Yunus is a boy’s name. Of the 1,369 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Yunus

Recorded 1988–2025 · United States

Yunus was most popular in 2025, when 151 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,677 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,677, with 151 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,369 people named Yunus.

Yunus over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yunus’s peak in 2025. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yunus a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yunus is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,369 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 Yunus

Where Yunus 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