Yianni
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YAH-nee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Yianni is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Yianni mean?
Hebrew: Greek pet form of Ioannis (John)
“God is gracious”
A Greek pet form of Ioannis, the Greek form of John.
Is Yianni a girl's or a boy's name?
Yianni is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yianni in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Yianni, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Yianni in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yianni in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
Names like Yianni
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Levi, Gianni, Eli, Malachi, Axel, Noah, Asher, Zion, Cohen, Giovanni, Yael, Zakai
Names related to Yianni
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Yianni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yianni, updated 20 October 2026.