# Yannick (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yannick/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,073 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,073 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 183, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Yannick, from Breton Yannig.

## 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 | 25 | 4,100 |
| 2012 | 26 | 4,001 |
| 2013 | 34 | 3,259 |
| 2014 | 33 | 3,365 |
| 2015 | 39 | 3,021 |
| 2016 | 54 | 2,410 |
| 2017 | 54 | 2,416 |
| 2018 | 33 | 3,441 |
| 2019 | 26 | 4,108 |
| 2020 | 32 | 3,490 |
| 2021 | 21 | 4,770 |
| 2022 | 37 | 3,275 |
| 2023 | 20 | 5,062 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,433 |
| 2025 | 19 | 5,197 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 12 | 1,545 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,400 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Yannick

- Yannick Carrasco, Belgian association football player (born 1993)
- Yannick Noah, French tennis player and pop singer
- Yannick Agnel, French swimmer
- Yannick Stopyra, French association football player
- Yannick Gerhardt, German footballer
- Yannick Bisson, Canadian film and television actor
- Yannick Jadot, French environmentalist and politician (born 1967)
- Yannick Borel, French fencer
- Yannick Dalmas, French racecar driver
- Yannick Cahuzac, French footballer
- Yannick Bellon, French film director (1924–2019)
- Yannick Eijssen, Belgian cyclist

## 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.