Ynes — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ynes

The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Ynes between 1920 and 1962, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ynes currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Ynes is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1921.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ynes performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ynes shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ynes in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ynes 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 23 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.