Yobani

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Yobani by the numbers

Yobani was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 50 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Yobani

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yobani. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Yovani38 in the US (2017)
  • Yobany6 in the US (2017)
  • Yohangod is gracious; a form of John15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yohanngod is gracious; a form of Johann16 in the US (2017)
  • Yordaniflowing down; a form of jordan8 in the US (2017)
  • Yovangod is gracious; a form of John6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Yobani

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