NameTides

Yahya

Yahya was the #615 boys' name in the US in 2025 (455 babies), and #81 in England & Wales and #205 in Canada.

Yahya as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Yahya as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaIrelandUS
Yahya as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#615 (455)#81 (625)#163 (27)—#468 (7)#205 (169)
2024#707 (379)#93 (583)#290 (13)#339 (4)#394 (9)#266 (122)
2023#881 (265)#126 (425)#435 (7)—#396 (9)#314 (97)
2022#940 (243)#142 (386)#522 (5)—#572 (5)#310 (101)
2021#1,085 (195)#152 (377)#353 (10)—#631 (4)#422 (70)
2020#1,005 (210)#151 (359)#324 (11)—#433 (8)#435 (66)
2019#949 (226)#167 (321)#464 (6)—#646 (4)#416 (70)
2018#1,018 (202)#173 (312)#392 (8)——#379 (81)
2017#920 (230)#171 (322)#352 (10)—#495 (6)#360 (89)
2016#935 (224)#172 (333)#592 (4)——#359 (88)
2015#977 (211)#209 (279)#337 (10)—#459 (7)#365 (85)
2014#1,137 (167)#193 (292)#439 (7)—#609 (4)#394 (75)
2013#1,080 (173)#222 (234)#466 (6)——#361 (82)
2012#1,155 (158)#219 (241)#500 (5)——#318 (98)
2011#1,309 (130)#257 (188)——#623 (4)#410 (70)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #615.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1972.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,800 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 3,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 440common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 730common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 940common

Next year

On its recent trend, Yahya is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,700 to 1 in 3,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yahya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #639WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #213MNIllinois: #268ILMichigan: #321MINew York: #338NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #604ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: #429NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #607CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #388VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #678NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #401LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #919GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #612TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Yahya (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#17532
Ontario2024#22762

Yahya (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
YahyaCanadaBoys#205169
YahyaEngland & WalesBoys#81625
YahyaIrelandBoys#4687
YahyaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
YahyaScotlandBoys#16327
YahyaUSGirls—too few
YahyaUSBoys#615455