Younus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOO-nus
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Younus is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “dove”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Younus mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Yunus, the Arabic form of Jonah
“dove”
A spelling of Yunus, the Arabic form of the prophet Jonah.
Is Younus a girl's or a boy's name?
Younus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Younus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Younus, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 25 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Younus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 343 boys in the UK were given Younus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #183, up from #1,613 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Younus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,454 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,181 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,374 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Younus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 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, 17 boys in the US were named Younus, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. It first appears in the records in 2011.
2025 had the most boys named Younus of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Younus in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 339 boys in the US were given Younus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #718, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
Younus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
Names like Younus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Eesa Ayyub Zayaan Yaqub Zayan Yusuf Yahya Zakariya Muhammad Ibrahim Arham
Other spellings of Younus
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, “Younus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/younus, updated 20 October 2026.