NameTides

Yahia

Yahia was the #2,604 boys' name in the US in 2025 (50 babies), and #2,014 in England & Wales and #1,565 in Canada.

Yahia as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Yahia as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Yahia as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,604 (50)#2,014 (12)——#1,565 (14)
2024#3,104 (39)#2,922 (7)——#1,583 (13)
2023#4,886 (20)#2,547 (8)——#1,043 (22)
2022#3,344 (35)#1,880 (12)—#657 (4)#1,027 (22)
2021#2,972 (41)#3,017 (6)——#997 (23)
2020#4,540 (21)#2,404 (8)——#1,071 (20)
2019#3,143 (37)#1,986 (11)#701 (3)—#819 (29)
2018#3,607 (30)#2,445 (8)——#1,279 (15)
2017#3,006 (39)#2,512 (8)——#1,074 (20)
2016#2,838 (42)#3,079 (6)——#911 (25)
2015#3,431 (32)#2,707 (7)#686 (3)—#1,071 (19)
2014#4,866 (19)#3,895 (4)——#1,062 (19)
2013#4,804 (19)#3,315 (5)——#1,028 (20)
2012#5,035 (18)#2,458 (8)——#1,655 (10)
2011#7,009 (11)#2,892 (6)——#1,268 (15)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,604.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2000.

How common is it?

about 1 in 34,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Yahia is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 41,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 83,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yahia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: #1,625FL
Yahia (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6236

Yahia (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
YahiaCanadaBoys#1,56514
YahiaEngland & WalesBoys#2,01412
YahiaIrelandBoys—too few
YahiaScotlandBoys—too few
YahiaUSBoys#2,60450