Recorded 2006–2020 Boys' name Peak 2009 21 births

Yannik — boys' name

21 babies named Yannik in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s132020s8
2000s
Peak decade

62% of everyone ever named Yannik was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

8 babies were named Yannik in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yannik

The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Yannik between 2006 and 2020, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yannik currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yannik performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yannik shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yannik in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 21 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Yannik at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

21

Since 2006

15 years of records

Peak year

2009

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

2006

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 2020

Yannik popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2006

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2009)
8
Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
456789 202020092006 5

Yannik by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
13 births that decade — 62% of Yannik's all-time total
2000s132020s8

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yannik?
21 babies have been named Yannik since 2006. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2009 with 8 births.
When was Yannik most popular?
Yannik was most popular in the 2000s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Yannik been used?
Yannik has been recorded in Social Security data since 2006, spanning 15 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Yannik?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yandel, Yancy, Yancey, Yannick, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2006–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.