Yobani
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yoh-BAH-nee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Yobani is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Yobani mean?
Hebrew: Spanish phonetic spelling of Giovanni, the Italian form of John
“God is gracious”
Spanish-style spelling of Giovanni, the Italian form of John.
Is Yobani a girl's or a boy's name?
Yobani is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yobani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Yobani, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the boys named Yobani in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yobani in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 50 | #2,514 |
| 2007 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 2006 | 47 | #2,541 |
| 2005 | 44 | #2,524 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 33 | #2,731 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 35 | #2,294 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
Names like Yobani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Omari, Obi, Kobe, Om, Ayomide, Yechiel, Kwame, Kamari, Amari, Omri, Ori, Menachem
Names related to Yobani
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, “Yobani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yobani, updated 20 October 2026.