NameTides

Yunus

Yunus was the #1,290 boys' name in the US in 2025 (151 babies), and #239 in England & Wales and #713 in Canada.

Yunus as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Yunus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Yunus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,290 (151)#239 (206)#560 (5)#713 (38)
2024#1,459 (124)#254 (187)—#802 (32)
2023#1,432 (127)#272 (171)—#665 (39)
2022#1,634 (106)#290 (155)#590 (4)#1,142 (19)
2021#1,823 (85)#319 (145)—#1,039 (22)
2020#1,815 (82)#368 (118)#711 (3)#878 (27)
2019#1,805 (85)#356 (125)#609 (4)#917 (25)
2018#1,959 (75)#422 (100)—#1,279 (15)
2017#2,109 (65)#434 (99)—#1,194 (17)
2016#2,437 (52)#432 (97)—#1,234 (16)
2015#2,809 (42)#523 (74)—#1,816 (9)
2014#3,154 (35)#471 (84)#680 (3)#1,657 (10)
2013#3,405 (31)#434 (93)—#2,305 (6)
2012#3,179 (35)#507 (74)—#1,552 (11)
2011#4,659 (20)#602 (57)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,290.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1988.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 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 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Yunus is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,600 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yunus by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #711ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #620NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: 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: #670VAMaryland: 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: #1,094TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Yunus (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
Ontario2024#57920

Yunus (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
YunusCanadaBoys#71338
YunusEngland & WalesBoys#239206
YunusNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
YunusScotlandBoys#5605
YunusUSBoys#1,290151