Yani
Boy · YAH-nee
Yani is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Yani come from?
Short form used in several languages
- Say it
- YAH-nee
Is Yani a girl's or a boy's name?
Yani is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yani in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 4 boys.
Yani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
How popular is Yani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Yani, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had fewer girls named Yani than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Yani in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
Names like Yani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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