Yanky

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Yanky: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Yanky: Recorded since 2007, its highest recorded position is #2,320, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#2320highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2007–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#4333
2012	#4805
2013	#4685
2016	#4810
2017	#4812
2018	#4749
2020	#4608
2021	#3990
2022	#2320
2023	#3523
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 11 of the 18 years from 2007 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2007–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #4333 among boys in England and Wales in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2007–2024
Highest recorded position: #2320 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2007–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yanky by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Yanky in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	15	5 of 10	3
2020sbusiest	24	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Yanky appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Longest recorded names

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2320 in England and Wales in 2022.

Yanky's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2007 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,320, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Akari · #2320, 9y
Amadeus · #2320, 16y
Edis · #2320, 10y
Lucah · #2320, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Akari · #2320, 9y
Amadeus · #2320, 16y
Arlan · #2320, 17y
Edis · #2320, 10y

Yanky and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Yanky without appearing here.

Yanky moved ahead of

Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3990 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #4789.
Brent Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4608 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #3449.
Tor Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3990 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #3449.
Einar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4812 and #3996 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #4789.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2320 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yanky

Yanky at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yanky by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Yanky appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Yanky and the names beside it

Yanky moved ahead of

Yanky at a glance

Yanky by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Yanky appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Yanky and the names beside it

Yanky moved ahead of