Yann

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yann: Recorded since 1996, it reached #616 in 2012, and it stood at #3,451 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#616highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2021

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2022
1998	#1821
1999	#1383
2000	#1703
2001	#1949
2002	#2254
2003	#1410
2004	#2578
2005	#3849
2006	#2870
2007	#2023
2008	#2507
2009	#4527
2011	#2892
2012	#3416
2015	#3373
2016	#2335
2017	#2324
2019	#3937
2021	#3451

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 21 of the 26 years from 1996 to 2021.

In 2012: #616 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3416 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2010–2012
Highest recorded position: #616 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 2010–2012).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #3451 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys

Yann appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 127 births with the name.

Yann across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Yann's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#1383 (1999)	#3451 (2021)	21 of 26	127 (1996–2021)	11 (2003)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#720 (2010)	#616 (2012)	#616 (2012)	2 of 3	7 (2010–2012)	4 (2012)

Yann 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 Yann in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	61	10 of 10	6
2010s	38	6 of 10	6
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Yann appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #616 in Republic of Ireland in 2012.

Yann'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
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2021, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #616, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Yanis · #516, 28y
Yanky · #2320, 11y
Yannick · #698, 24y
Yannis · #491, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Bronson · #616, 26y
Gustavo · #616, 22y
Kallan · #616, 20y
Flinn · #615, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Bronson · #616, 26y
Gustavo · #616, 22y
Kaelem · #616, 16y
Kallan · #616, 20y

Yann was ranked #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Yann 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 Yann without appearing here.

Yann moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3416 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2324 and #4812.
Graeme Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2892 and #4647.
Kerry Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2578 and #2578 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2023 and #3589.
Willow Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2023 and #3589.

Moved ahead of Yann

Ole Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2324 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #1745.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2324 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Aksel Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2507 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #4527 and #2837.
Matheo Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2324 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2488.

Moved the opposite way to Yann

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Yann went from #2022 to #3451 while Cooper went from #2022 to #145.
Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Yann went from #1383 to #3451 while Arlo went from #2943 to #20.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Yann went from #1383 to #3451 while Harper went from #2425 to #939.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Yann went from #1383 to #3451 while Kasper went from #2425 to #326.

Moved the same way as Yann

Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Yann went from #2022 to #3451 and Kelly from #1454 to #3451.
Isak Compare
Between 1998 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Yann went from #1821 to #3451 and Isak from #2419 to #3451.
Ashleigh Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Boys, Yann went from #2863 to #4527 and Ashleigh from #402 to #3227.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #616 in Republic of Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

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Popularity journey

Yann across 2 official records

Yann by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Yann across 2 official records

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