# Yann (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yann/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 346 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 346 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 130, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 7,485 |
| 2012 | 12 | 7,029 |
| 2013 | 16 | 5,645 |
| 2014 | 8 | 9,601 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,524 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,545 |
| 2017 | 6 | 12,190 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,787 |
| 2019 | 18 | 5,333 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,700 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,326 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,953 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,721 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,846 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,659 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 11 | 1,410 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2,578 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,023 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,507 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Yann

- Yann Martel, Canadian writer
- Yann Tiersen, French composer (born 1970)
- Yann LeCun, French computer scientist (born 1960)
- Yann Arthus-Bertrand, French photographer (born 1946)
- Yann M'Vila, French association football player (born 1990)
- Yann Aurel Bisseck, German footballer (born 2000)
- Yann Karamoh, French footballer
- Yann Genty, French handball player
- Yann Bonato, French basketball player (born 1972)
- Yann Bodiger, French footballer (born 1985)
- Yann Samuell, French film director
- Yann Queffélec, French writer (born 1949)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.