Boys' name · since 1981
Yoni
Yoni has 798 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,920 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,314 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 798
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yoni is the #4314 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 798 recorded since 1981.
Yoni has 798 recorded births among boys since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4314 as of the latest data, more common than 69% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #5,920 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,314 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 798 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yoni ranks #5,920 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,314 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 798 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,920 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,314 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 798
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yoni's 798 recorded births place it above 86.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yoni compares
798 Top 35% higher than 65% 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
Yoni's all-time total is 116% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yoni | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 798 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yoni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yoni's full recorded timeline at 2004, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 36 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yoni popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Yoni popularity over time - girls
20 total births recorded since 1972 (Yoni as girls' name)
Yoni by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (299 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Yoni's strongest decade.
299 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Yoni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 51
1980s
51 births
- 1990s
1990s
163 births
- 2000s
2000s
299 births
- 2010s
2010s
184 births
- 2020s 101
2020s
101 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 299 births (37% of all-time use).
How Yoni compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Yoni's total volume
Yoni by state
Where Yoni concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 117 | 14.7% |
| #2 | Florida | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 8 | 1.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 0.6% |
117 of 798 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Yoni's data
- Yoni's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (299 total births) through the 2020s (101) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Yonis (117 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yoni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
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 Yoni 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.