How Many People Are Named Yunus?
people named Yunus are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 251,682 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,369 babies named Yunus in Social Security records from 1988 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
151 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Arabic and Turkish form of JONAH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Yunus in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yunus alive today is about 8 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 11 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yunus first appears in the records in 1988, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 151 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1988 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Yunus has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,296, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #1,296.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,296 |
| Best rank | #1,296 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,568 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yunus alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yunus were born in New York than in any other state: about 197 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yunus was given 4.6 times as often in New York, 2.8 times in Virginia and 2.3 times in Illinois.
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