Boys' name · since 1981
Yiannis
400 babies named Yiannis in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,031 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,467 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 400
- born since 1981
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yiannis currently ranks #4467 among boys' names in America, with 400 babies recorded since 1981.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yiannis has been recorded 400 times among boys since 1981, currently ranked #4467 nationally and more common than 68% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #9,031 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,467 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 400 born since 1981
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yiannis ranks #9,031 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,467 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 400 born since 1981, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,031 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,467 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 400
- born since 1981
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yiannis's 400 recorded births place it above 80.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Yiannis compares
400 Top 49% higher than 51% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yiannis's all-time total is 8% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yiannis | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 400 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yiannis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yiannis splits its recorded history at 2007: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yiannis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Yiannis by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (153 births, 38% of the file).
2020s was Yiannis's strongest decade.
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Yiannis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s
1990s
78 births
- 2000s 56
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s
2020s
153 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 153 births (38% of all-time use).
Yiannis by state
Where Yiannis concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
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- New York records the most Yianniss (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yiannis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~44 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1981–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Yiannis draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.