Ynes
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Ynes has been given to 39 babies in the U.S. since 1920. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1922, with 8 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 59% boys, 41% girls all-time.
Babies named Ynes, 1962
1 in 807,000
Ynes over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Ynes over time
In 2009, Ynes went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Ynes?
Ynes had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1962, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1962
- 1 in 807,000
- 5 of 4,035,213 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 414,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1962
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 559,400 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Ynes sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1962 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 559,400 children born in 1962 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ynes. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Yness were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Ynes was born before 1922 — so the typical Ynes is around 103 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 56.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 21.7%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 5
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 56.5% of all recorded uses (13).
Is Ynes rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1922 (8)
- Years since peak
- 103
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Not enough data
- Too few years
Spellings of Ynes
Ynes is not the most common spelling — Myles is, with 44.9% against Ynes's 0.02%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Ynes is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Ynes was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,894,779 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ynes has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Ynes is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Ynes was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,456,184 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ynes has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Ynes around the world
Where Ynes ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2009–2009#4,564in 2009
- France1980–2025#4,205in 2025
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Ynes by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Ynes
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Ynes
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.