How Many People Are Named Yaniv?
people named Yaniv are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,289,754 people in the US has this name
Based on 273 babies named Yaniv in Social Security records from 1979 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
12 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "he will prosper" in Hebrew.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Yaniv in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yaniv alive today is about 24 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yaniv first appears in the records in 1979 and was given most often in 1985, to 12 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1979 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Yaniv has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,797, in 1985.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,797 (1985) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,241 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yaniv alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yaniv were born in California than in any other state: about 11 of those alive today.
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