How rare is the name Yash?

4,141 people in the United States have the first name Yash, about 1 in 72,937. It ranks #4,483 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

YASH

#4,483

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,141
About
1 in 72,937
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,141 people named Yash, 92.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.6% as White and 1.2% as Black. 98.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yash peaked in 2002, when 155 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
2002
Births that year
155
In 2025*
49 ▼68%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,764 babies have been given the name since 1975. 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.

Yash by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,778. The largest share of babies named Yash, 64.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#24,5405
1980s#23,24614
1990s#5,663330
2000s#2,7781,295
2010s#4,223765
2020s#4,986355
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–965.4%
Generation Z 1997–1264.6%
2013 and later29.8%

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 Yash is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Yash has been most common in New Jersey (7.3×), California (3×), and Illinois (1.9×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.53×).

1,686 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 Yash

1 other first name also has 4,141 people.

#4,483 Roseanna · 4,141

Either side of Yash

#4,482 Jovany · 4,142#4,483 Roseanna · 4,141#4,485 Konrad · 4,139#4,486 Jovanny · 4,138

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Yash, most common first.

#19,319 Yasha · 549

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