How popular is the name Yoan?

526 US babies were named Yoan between 1940 and 2025. The name peaked in 2024.

What careers are people named Yoan over-represented in?

Among notable men who are rugby players, Yoans show up 2.0× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is. This is a pattern among people who already have the name, not a prediction.

Name meaning & stats

Yoan

Yoan. 526 US babies since 1940, peak 2024. Notable Yoans are 2.0× over-represented as rugby players.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

In US birth records

Peak year: 2024

526 US babies were named Yoan between 1940 and 2025.

Yoan around the world

Belgium: 201 babies since 1995, peak 2004, No. 941 in 2025
France: 16,445 babies since 1900, peak 1988, No. 1,070 in 2025
England & Wales: 118 babies since 1996, peak 2025, No. 2,266 in 2025

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Yoans end up

Career	vs expected	Confidence
Footballer	1.5×	Low · 9 people
Rugby player	2.0×	Low · 6 people
Basketball player	1.6×	Low · 5 people
Politician	0.9×	Low · 4 people

Among notable men who are rugby players, Yoans show up 2.0× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 6 Yohans spell it Yoan

Yohan 59%
Yoan 17%
Yohann 9%
Ioane 7%
Ioan 4%
Yohanan 4%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2024)