Yunus

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Yunus, also spelled Younas, Younes, Younis, Younus, Yunes, Younous, Yunos and Yonas, is a common male given name, the Arabic version of the Greek Ιωνάς, from the Hebrew יוֹנָה Jonah 'dove'.

From Wikipedia

Yunus first appears in the data in 1988 and has been recorded in 31 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2023 with 127 babies (rank #1,438 that year). In 2024 it was given to 124 boys (rank #1,464). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Yunus

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Yunus yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1,218
Total babies (all years)
31
Years in the data
127
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19885#8,478
19906#8,101
19927#7,406
19966#8,997
19979#6,606
199814#4,866
19997#8,689
20017#9,222
200216#4,906
200315#5,262
20049#8,132
200519#4,628
200628#3,684
200723#4,369
200827#3,919
200931#3,547
201025#4,095
201120#4,815
201235#3,228
201331#3,496
201435#3,230
201542#2,862
201652#2,475
201765#2,129
201875#1,977
201985#1,814
202082#1,829
202185#1,838
2022106#1,640
2023127#1,438
2024124#1,464