Yunis is a distinctive choice, ranked #1307 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Yunis in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1307
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About the Name Yunis
Yunis has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 172 places in five years. It was most popular in 2020 at #1230 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 2000.
Yunis is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Yunis in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Yunis
Yunis Huseynov — Yunis Huseynov is an Azerbaijani football manager and former footballer.
Samora Yunis — Samora Muhammad Yunis (Ge’ez: ሳሞራ መሐመድ ዩንስ) is an Ethiopian military officer.
Yunis Abdelhamid — Yunis Abdelhamid is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Botola Pro club AS FAR.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Yunis
Unlikely. With around 21 UK babies named Yunis per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Yunis in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Yunis has been fairly steady, ranked #1,307 in 2025 against #1,230 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #1,230 in 2020.
Yunis is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Yunis include: Yunis Huseynov, Samora Yunis and Yunis Abdelhamid. Short summaries for each appear below.
Yunis does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Yuniss in the wild.
21
UK babies named Yunis (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 77 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Yunis
Almost certainly the only Yunis in the class
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UK Popularity (2000–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Yunis
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Yunis Abdurrahman Shokuri (Arabic: يونس عبد الرحمن الشقوري) is a citizen of Morocco who was held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
Yunis Hunnar was a former leader of the Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade, a Salafi Jihadist group based in the Gaza Strip which carries out attacks against both Hamas and Israel.