Boys' name · since 2002
Youness
49 babies named Youness in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,397 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 49
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
49 boys have been named Youness since 2002, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Youness has been recorded 49 times among boys since 2002, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2018.
- #22,397 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 49 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Youness ranks #22,397 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 49 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,397 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 49
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Youness's 49 recorded births place it above 50.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Youness's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Youness splits its recorded history at 2011: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Youness popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2018
- Peak year (2003)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Youness by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (26 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Youness's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Youness births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 26 births (53% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Youness: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2002–2018 (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 Youness 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.