Yannis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YAN-is
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Yannis is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Yannis mean?
Hebrew: Greek form of John
“God is gracious”
The everyday Greek form of Ioannis, John, from the Hebrew Yochanan.
Is Yannis a girl's or a boy's name?
Yannis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 10 girls and 27 boys in the US.
How popular is Yannis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Yannis, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 33 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Yannis than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Yannis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 65 boys in the UK were given Yannis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #586, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Yannis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,229 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 27 | #1,105 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,082 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,173 |
| 2017 | 30 | #1,068 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,109 |
| 2015 | 33 | #982 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,196 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Yannis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Yannis, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973. 10 girls were also named Yannis in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Yannis than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Yannis in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 79 boys in the US were given Yannis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,694, up from #3,948 for this spelling alone.
- Yanis 52
- Yannis 27
In 2025, 27% of the babies named Yannis in the US were girls.
Yannis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 43 | #2,917 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Yannis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Yusuf Ilyas Yahya Idris Noah Asher Axel Ibrahim Ezra Yunus Elias
Other spellings of Yannis
Names related to Yannis
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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, “Yannis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yannis, updated 20 October 2026.