Younes

Younes was the #2,125 boys' name in the US in 2025 (68 babies), and #658 in England & Wales and #571 in Canada.

Younes as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Younes as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandUS
Younes as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,125 (68)#658 (55)—#676 (4)#571 (51)
2024#2,169 (67)#785 (43)—#655 (4)#729 (36)
2023#2,315 (60)#791 (41)——#592 (45)
2022#3,053 (40)#967 (31)——#809 (31)
2021#2,918 (42)#1,139 (24)——#753 (35)
2020#3,344 (33)#921 (31)——#706 (36)
2019#3,716 (29)#856 (35)——#664 (38)
2018#3,106 (37)#1,097 (25)#704 (3)—#582 (46)
2017#4,105 (25)#1,247 (21)——#665 (38)
2016#4,470 (22)#1,804 (13)——#601 (45)
2015#4,407 (22)#1,380 (18)——#560 (48)
2014#5,066 (18)#1,560 (15)——#643 (41)
2013#5,171 (17)#1,294 (19)—#711 (3)#656 (38)
2012#5,482 (16)#1,119 (24)——#564 (46)
2011#3,994 (25)#1,303 (19)—#730 (3)#648 (38)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,125.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1999.

How common is it?

about 1 in 25,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 25,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Younes is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 26,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Younes by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #905MINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Younes (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#19228
Ontario2024#1,03310

Younes (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
YounesCanadaBoys#57151
YounesEngland & WalesBoys#65855
YounesIrelandBoys#6764
YounesNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
YounesScotlandBoys—too few
YounesUSBoys#2,12568