Yahya
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #14,824 · #615 for boys in 2025, 455 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 455 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,576since 1972
Yahya over time
Rank among boys' names. Yahya has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #615 | 455 | |
| 2024 | — | #707 | 379 | |
| 2023 | — | #881 | 265 | |
| 2022 | — | #940 | 243 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,085 | 195 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,005 | 210 | |
| 2019 | — | #949 | 226 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,018 | 202 | |
| 2017 | — | #920 | 230 | |
| 2016 | — | #935 | 224 | |
| 2015 | — | #977 | 211 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,137 | 167 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,080 | 173 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,155 | 158 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #1,309 | 130 |
| 2010 | — | #1,456 | 113 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,309 | 133 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,639 | 94 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,681 | 90 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,738 | 80 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,889 | 67 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,131 | 55 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,269 | 47 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,685 | 35 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,935 | 56 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,256 | 43 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,795 | 30 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,981 | 25 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,406 | 20 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,105 | 21 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,462 | 17 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
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| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
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| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Yahya! It came in at #3,963, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1978, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Yahya is popular in 2011
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#451 · 1 in 2,817
- New Jersey#601 · 1 in 4,240
- New York#620 · 1 in 4,541
- Massachusetts#682 · 1 in 6,000
- Ohio#732 · 1 in 5,970
Best ever in a state: #213 in Minnesota, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #451 | 10 | 1 in 2,817 |
| New Jersey | #601 | 10 | 1 in 4,240 |
| New York | #620 | 23 | 1 in 4,541 |
| Massachusetts | #682 | 5 | 1 in 6,000 |
| Ohio | #732 | 10 | 1 in 5,970 |
| Washington | #803 | 6 | 1 in 5,988 |
| Virginia | #827 | 6 | 1 in 6,883 |
| Tennessee | #864 | 5 | 1 in 6,967 |
| North Carolina | #1,097 | 5 | 1 in 10,179 |
| Illinois | #1,172 | 6 | 1 in 11,294 |
| Texas | #1,796 | 7 | 1 in 25,006 |
| California | #2,524 | 5 | 1 in 46,071 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Yahya
- 92 spots since 2024 (#707 → #615)
- 390 spots since 2020 (#1,005 → #615)
- 362 spots since 2015 (#977 → #615)
- Biggest jump: 174 spots in 2024 (#881 → #707)
- Biggest drop: 98 spots in 2018 (#920 → #1,018)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 2025 at #615 (455 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2022–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,754 boys born in 2025 were named Yahya (0.03%)
- 40.1% of all boys named Yahya (1,834) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18 | #3,963 (1972) | #5,054 |
| 1980s | 96 | #3,005 (1986) | #4,509 |
| 1990s | 181 | #2,795 (1999) | #3,973 |
| 2000s | 700 | #1,309 (2009) | #1,953 |
| 2010s | 1,834 | #920 (2017) | #1,094 |
| 2020s | 1,747 | #615 (2025) | #872 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Yahya in 2011
Top girls' names in 2011
Top boys' names in 2011
More about 2011
girls
1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 293,178 of them was named Yahya, which outranked 24.3% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #13,347Zykeriah7
- #13,347Zyriana7
- #13,347Zyrianna7
- #14,824Yahya6
- #14,824Aalani6
- #14,824Aaleiyah6
- #14,824Aaliyan6
- #16,764Aailiyah5
- #16,764Aalanah5
- #16,764Aalayna5
Tied with 1,939 names at #14,824; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 14,610 of them was named Yahya, which outranked 90.9% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,305Geovanny131
- #1,305Keshawn131
- #1,305Raheem131
- #1,309Yahya130
- #1,309Baron130
- #1,309Bryden130
- #1,309Bryton130
- #1,319Azariah129
- #1,319Carsten129
- #1,319Courtney129
Tied with 9 names at #1,309; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.