Yannis

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yannis: Recorded since 1996, it reached #491 in 2016, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#491highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2859
1999	#2425
2000	#2142
2001	#3134
2003	#2857
2004	#2304
2005	#1716
2006	#2087
2007	#2741
2008	#3687
2009	#2544
2010	#2629
2011	#2390
2012	#1589
2013	#1706
2014	#1117
2015	#903
2016	#1081
2017	#996
2018	#1132
2019	#1030
2020	#1051
2021	#1290
2022	#1143
2023	#1175
2024	#1595

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1595 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · 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 recorded2012–2025
Highest recorded position: #491 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2016 (recorded 2012–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Yannis appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 380 births with the name.

Yannis 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.

Yannis'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)	#903 (2015)	#1595 (2024)	27 of 29	380 (1996–2024)	33 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#718 (2012)	#491 (2016)	#676 (2025)	9 of 14	34 (2012–2025)	6 (2016)

Yannis 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 Yannis in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000s	53	9 of 10	6
2010s	207	10 of 10	21
2020sbusiest	110	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 22 births a year.

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

Yannis 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 2025. Highest recorded position: #491 in Republic of Ireland in 2016.

Yannis'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	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1175	24	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1143	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1290	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1030	27	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1132	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#996	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#903	33	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1117	24	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	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 2025, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #491, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 16 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.

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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.

Sianna · #491, 28y
Aishat · #490, 25y
Emrys · #490, 26y
Eugenia · #492, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Sianna · #491, 28y
Aishat · #490, 25y
Emrys · #490, 26y
Fahad · #490, 29y

Yannis was ranked #491 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2016. 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.

Yannis 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 Yannis without appearing here.

Yannis moved ahead of

Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2390 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1117 and #4632.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1706 and #4685.
Arne Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2857 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1716 and #3849.
Willow Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1716 and #3849.

Moved ahead of Yannis

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1175 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #1132.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1175 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #1460.
Isak Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1175 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #1517.
Matheo Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1175 and #1363 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #1517.

Moved the opposite way to Yannis

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yannis went from #2863 to #1595 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yannis went from #2863 to #1595 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yannis went from #2863 to #1595 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yannis went from #2863 to #1595 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Yannis

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yannis went from #2863 to #1595 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yannis went from #2863 to #1595 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yannis went from #2863 to #1595 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yannis went from #2863 to #1595 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #491 in Republic of Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yannis

Yannis at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yannis across 2 official records

Yannis by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Yannis appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Yannis at a glance

Yannis across 2 official records

Yannis by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Yannis

Yannis and the names beside it

Yannis moved ahead of

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