Yunay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yoo-NAY
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
New arrival
Yunay is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
Where does Yunay come from?
Uncertain
Is Yunay a girl's or a boy's name?
Yunay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yunay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Yunay, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Yunay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
How popular is Yunay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 265% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Yunay, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Yunay in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yunay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
Names like Yunay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Yunus Yug Yusuf Loki Rumi Yoan Ruairi Yitzchok Yahya Bodhi Yakov
Names related to Yunay
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, “Yunay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yunay, updated 20 October 2026.