Yanai
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- yah-NYE
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Yanai is a name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Yanai mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew Yannai, perhaps from a root meaning 'to answer'
Yannai was the Hebrew name of the Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus and of an early synagogue poet.
Is Yanai a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Yanai has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Yanai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Yanai, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986. 10 boys were also named Yanai in 2025 (7,675th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Yanai in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yanai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
Names like Yanai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Navi, Saanvi, Raya, Sarai, Salem, Yusra, Yuna, Ari, Anvi, Yashna, Arya, Dhriti
Names related to Yanai
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yanai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yanai, updated 20 October 2026.