How Many People Are Named Yanni?

1,046

people named Yanni are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 326,754 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,061 babies named Yanni in Social Security records from 1992 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#10,283

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#750

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Peak Year

1998

52 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Greek
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Variant transcription of GIANNI.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
26.5%
Male
73.5%

Of the babies given the name Yanni, 26.5% were girls and 73.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Yanni rose from 14.7% in the 1990s to 34.1% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Yanni alive today is about 17 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 24 in 2025.

Under 30 950
90.8%
30 to 59 96
9.2%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Yanni first appears in the records in 1992 and was given most often in 1998, to 52 babies. In 2025, 26 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1992 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Yanni has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,122, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #5,592. Among girls, its best rank was #8,029, in 2023.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025#5,592#10,884
Best rank#2,122 (1998)#8,029 (2023)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#3,376 in the 2000s#9,913 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Yanni alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Yanni were born in California than in any other state: about 53 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yanni was given about 2.9 times as often in California.

California 53
New York 36
Florida 24
Massachusetts 10
New Jersey 5

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