Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Younes isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Younes through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 645
- 645 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 68 babies
- 2025
- 68
- #2,143 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +90%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 68 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,143 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 89.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 977 as a first name in 2020; 1,806 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Younes’s family of names
In French usage, Younes has a related form in Younès.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Younes
- Younes KaboulFrench footballer (born 1986)
- Younes El AynaouiMoroccan tennis playerborn 1971
- Mirza Kuchik KhanIranian revolutionary (1880-1921)
- Younes EbnoutalibGerman footballer (born 2003)
- Younes Al ShibaniLibyan footballerborn 1981
- Younes TahaDutch football playerborn 2002
- Younes Delfiassociation football playerborn 2000
- Younes MegriMoroccan Singerborn 1951
- Younes Hamami LalehzarIranian Rabbi and physicianborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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