Yanick
Yanick is a name with multiple cultural origins: Breton, French.
- Breton
- French
Meaning & Origin of Yanick
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yanick is a name with multiple cultural origins: Breton, French.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Breton
- French
The Story of Yanick
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Yanick as a girl name dates back to 1976, when 9 babies received it. 1981 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Yanick — #5,885 in the national rankings. About 44% of every Yanick on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Yanick last appeared in the published SSA data in 1994, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 45 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Yanick first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1989, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1989: 8 births, good for #5,615 nationwide. About 42% of every Yanick on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Yanick last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 57 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Yanick
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Yanick. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Yanick
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About the name Yanick
Yanick is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 57 births in the dataset. Yanick's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #5,615. Use the chart and map above to compare Yanick'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.