Yanis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YAN-is
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,055 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,539 for boys
Yanis is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 1,055th for boys in the UK (31 babies) and 2,539th for boys in the US (52 babies).
What does Yanis mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Yannis, a Greek form of John
“God is gracious”
A spelling of Yannis, the everyday Greek form of John, widely used in France.
Is Yanis a girl's or a boy's name?
Yanis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the UK and 52 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yanis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,055th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 9,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the UK were named Yanis, making it the 1,055th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 691st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 58 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yanis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 65 boys in the UK were given Yanis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #586, up from #1,055 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 976th in England and Wales.
Yanis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,055 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,177 |
| 2023 | 58 | #673 |
| 2022 | 49 | #752 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,041 |
| 2020 | 55 | #691 |
| 2019 | 47 | #764 |
| 2018 | 51 | #741 |
| 2017 | 44 | #829 |
| 2016 | 51 | #738 |
| 2015 | 39 | #871 |
| 2014 | 30 | #1,031 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,002 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,489 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,170 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,490 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,290 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Yanis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,539th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 52 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were named Yanis, making it the 2,539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 68 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had fewer boys named Yanis than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Yanis in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 79 boys in the US were given Yanis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,694, up from #2,539 for this spelling alone.
- Yanis 52
- Yannis 27
Yanis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #2,539 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,418 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,415 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,298 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,108 |
| 2020 | 46 | #2,688 |
| 2019 | 42 | #2,896 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Yanis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Yahya, Ayaan, Eesa, Aarav, Arham, Zakariya, Ibrahim, Yusuf, Zayan, Hamish, Yaqub
Other spellings of Yanis
Names related to Yanis
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Yanis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yanis, updated 20 October 2026.