Younis

maleStatistical record

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

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

Younis: Recorded since 1997, it reached #749 in 2018, and it stood at #1,000 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#749highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1761
1998	#1485
1999	#1850
2001	#2587
2002	#2254
2003	#1410
2004	#2070
2005	#2174
2006	#1280
2007	#1578
2008	#2507
2009	#1749
2010	#2629
2011	#1909
2012	#1430
2013	#1404
2014	#1819
2015	#1442
2016	#1187
2017	#1178
2018	#1040
2019	#1001
2020	#962
2021	#1004
2022	#810
2023	#1018
2024	#1000

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 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2019: #764 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1001 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1761 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2018–2019
Highest recorded position: #749 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2018 (recorded 2018–2019).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1000 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Younis 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 1997, and has registered 440 births with the name.

Younis 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.

Younis'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	#1761 (1997)	#810 (2022)	#1000 (2024)	27 of 28	440 (1997–2024)	39 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#749 (2018)	#749 (2018)	#764 (2019)	2 of 2	6 (2018–2019)	3 (2018)

Younis 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 Younis in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	3 of 10	7
2000s	82	9 of 10	9
2010s	182	10 of 10	18
2020sbusiest	156	5 of 10	31

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 31 births a year.

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

Younis 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #749 in Republic of Ireland in 2018.

Younis'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	#1000	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1018	29	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#810	39	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1004	29	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#962	29	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1001	28	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1040	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1178	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1187	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	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	#2587	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #749, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 39 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2018, and 21 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.

Younas · #2337, 11y
Younes · #243, 29y
Younus · #1104, 23y
Yousaf · #727, 29y

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.

Abdul-Raheem · #749, 25y
Ashar · #749, 24y
Kaeden · #749, 22y
Konstantinos · #749, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abdul-Raheem · #749, 25y
Alissia · #749, 28y
Ashar · #749, 24y
Konstantinos · #749, 25y

Younis was ranked #749 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2018. 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.

Younis 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 Younis without appearing here.

Younis moved ahead of

Sander Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2587 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1280 and #3385.
Glenn Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1909 and #1909 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1430 and #3039.
Erin Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2507 and #2507 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1749 and #3227.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2507 and #2276 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1749 and #3227.

Moved ahead of Younis

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1749 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #1201.
Mathias Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1578 and #2211 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2507 and #1511.
Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2070 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2174 and #1190.
Filip Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1410 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2070 and #1160.

Moved the opposite way to Younis

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Younis went from #1761 to #1000 while Aaron went from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Younis went from #1761 to #1000 while Adam went from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Younis went from #1761 to #1000 while Alan went from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Younis went from #1761 to #1000 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Younis

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Younis went from #1761 to #1000 and Albie from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Younis went from #1761 to #1000 and Alfie from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Younis went from #1761 to #1000 and Alfred from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Younis went from #1761 to #1000 and Archie from #141 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #749 in Republic of Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Younis

Younis at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Younis across 2 official records

Younis by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Younis appears in

Popularity data

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Younis across 2 official records

Younis 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 Younis

Younis and the names beside it

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