Yunior
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOO-nyor
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Yunior is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “younger”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Yunior mean?
Latin: Spanish spelling of Junior, from Latin iunior
“younger”
Yunior is the recurring narrator of Dominican-American writer Junot Díaz's stories and novels.
Is Yunior a girl's or a boy's name?
Yunior is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yunior in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 108% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Yunior, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had more boys named Yunior than any year since 2007.
Half of all the boys named Yunior in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yunior in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
Names like Yunior
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Yunior: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yunior, updated 20 October 2026.