Yanni
Yiannis Chryssomallis, known professionally as Yanni, is a Greek composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer.
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Yanni
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yiannis Chryssomallis, known professionally as Yanni, is a Greek composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek
The Story of Yanni
As a girl name
Yanni first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1993, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2004: 14 births, good for #7,827 nationwide. About 39% of every Yanni on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Yanni last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 271 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Yanni on the record books as a boy name in 1992, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 44 Yannis were born — ranking #2,094 that year. About 37% of every Yanni on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Yanni ranks #5,805 for boys with 16 births, gradually falling (-14%). All told, over 797 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Yanni
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Names that sound like Yanni
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About the name Yanni
Yanni is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 797 births in the dataset. Yanni's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #2,094. Use the chart and map above to compare Yanni'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 .
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