Yoni
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOH-nee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Yoni is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has given”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Yoni mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew pet form of Yonatan (Jonathan)
“God has given”
An Israeli pet form of Yonatan, the Hebrew form of Jonathan.
Is Yoni a girl's or a boy's name?
Yoni is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yoni in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Yoni, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2006, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yoni in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Yoni in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
How popular is Yoni in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Yoni, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had more boys named Yoni than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Yoni in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yoni in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,676 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Yoni
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf Levi Eli Zion Ali Noah Ari Yunus Bodhi Sami Caleb Malachi
Names related to Yoni
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
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, “Yoni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yoni, updated 20 October 2026.