How rare is the name Yahya?

4,020 people in the United States have the first name Yahya, about 1 in 75,132. It ranks #4,579 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

YAHYA

#4,579

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,020
About
1 in 75,132
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,020 people named Yahya, 47.1% reported their origin as White, 27.9% as Black and 18.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yahya peaked in 2025, when 455 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19722025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
455
In 2025*
455
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,582 babies have been given the name since 1972. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Yahya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,722. The largest share of babies named Yahya, 69.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#17,51118
1980s#10,28296
1990s#8,666181
2000s#4,283700
2010s#2,3311,840
2020s#1,7221,747
Generation X 1965–800.6%
Millennials 1981–964.1%
Generation Z 1997–1225.9%
2013 and later69.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Yahya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Yahya has been most common in Minnesota (5.5×), Virginia (2.3×), and Washington (2.2×), and least common in Missouri (0.44×).

3,345 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Yahya

1 other first name also has 4,020 people.

#4,579 Conrado · 4,020

Either side of Yahya

#4,577 Sueann · 4,021#4,579 Conrado · 4,020#4,581 Cirilo · 4,018#4,581 Shamika · 4,018

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Yahya, most common first.

#14,066 Yaya · 844#17,037 Yahia · 654#25,086 Yahye · 380

Also a last name

As a last name, Yahya ranks #14,165 of 156,621, with 2,035 people. See Yahya as a last name

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