Yanán

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Yanán is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CNChina≈1 in 10K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 513K
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 32K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈140,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
130 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 10K (inferred from the name graph)

China, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

YanánLatin(measured from records)
ЯнаньCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Yanan in US United States, CN China, AU Australia and 5 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Yanán counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Yanán is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈140,000 est.≈1 in 10K—Yanan94
US United States—6481 in 513K520Yanan130
TW Taiwan—≈250 est.≈1 in 96K—Yanan16
MY Malaysia—≈180 est.≈1 in 182K—Yanan7
AU Australia—≈170 est.≈1 in 148K—Yanan48
CR Costa Rica#6071601 in 32K160Yanan12
SG Singapore—≈75 est.≈1 in 83K—Yanan16
HK Hong Kong—≈52 est.≈1 in 139K—Yanan14

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Yanán under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

Is Yanán a male or female name?
Yanán is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Yanán have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 139 thousand people named Yanán in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yanan.
How common is the name Yanán?
In the United States, the national register counted 648 people named Yanán in 2020, about 1 in 513 thousand residents.
How common is Yanán compared with other names?
In Costa Rica, Yanán is the 607th most common given name of 15,284 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yanán” — the 607th most common given name in Costa Rica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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