Yani
Yani is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Yani
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yani is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Yani
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Yani as a girl name dates back to 1993, when 6 babies received it. 2020 was its biggest year on record, with 25 newborns named Yani — #5,000 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Yani on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Yani ranks #8,611 for girls with 11 births, falling sharply (-25%). All told, over 338 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Yani as a boy name dates back to 1997, when 5 babies received it. 2023 was its biggest year on record, with 12 newborns named Yani — #6,889 in the national rankings. About 33% of every Yani on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Yani last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 111 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Yani
Yani is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 338 births in the dataset. Yani's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #5,000. Use the chart and map above to compare Yani's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.