Yahya
Rank in 2025
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recorded as girls
#615
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
455
boys 455
Peak year
2025
455 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
4,582
since 1972
Born a Yahya? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Yahya was most popular in 2025, when 455 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.27 per 1,000). In 2025, 455 babies were named Yahya, ranking #615 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 78%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 455 | 615 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 379 | 707 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 265 | 881 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 243 | 940 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 195 | 1085 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 210 | 1005 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 226 | 949 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 202 | 1018 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 230 | 920 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 224 | 935 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 211 | 977 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 167 | 1137 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 173 | 1080 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 158 | 1155 |
| 2011 | 6 | 14824 | 130 | 1309 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 113 | 1456 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 133 | 1309 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 94 | 1639 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 90 | 1681 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 80 | 1738 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 67 | 1889 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 55 | 2131 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 47 | 2269 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 35 | 2685 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 56 | 1935 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 43 | 2256 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 30 | 2795 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 24 | 3191 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 25 | 2981 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 20 | 3406 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 13 | 4508 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 15 | 4094 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 9 | 5771 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 21 | 3105 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 17 | 3462 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 7 | 6415 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 9 | 5165 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 10 | 4450 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 5 | 6951 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 16 | 3005 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 11 | 3805 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 8 | 4552 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 13 | 3230 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 10 | 3966 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 8 | 4495 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 6 | 5355 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 5 | 5845 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 7 | 3963 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years