Yahya Boy
How popular is Yahya?
#615 boy name in 2025
455 baby boys were named Yahya in the US in 2025, making it the 615th most popular boy name.
Yahya popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #615 for boys (▲ 92 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 455 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+116% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #977 in 2015, #1,005 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (455 boys) |
| Highest rank | #615 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1972 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Yahya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Yahya family of names ranked #558 for boys in 2025 (#622 the year before), with 505 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Yahya | 455 | 90% |
| Yahia | 50 | 10% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Yahya is most popular
Babies named Yahya per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Yahya by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18 | #3,961 |
| 1980s | 96 | #3,002 |
| 1990s | 181 | #2,791 |
| 2000s | 700 | #1,309 |
| 2010s | 1,834 | #920 |
| 2020s | 1,747 | #615 |
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Questions
- Is Yahya a boy or girl name?
- Yahya is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Yahya were boys.
- How popular is the name Yahya?
- 455 baby boys were named Yahya in the US in 2025, making it the 615th most popular boy name.
- When was Yahya most popular?
- Yahya peaked in 2025, when 455 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #615 in 2025.
- How many people are named Yahya?
- 4,582 babies have been named Yahya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,543 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Yahya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Yahya was most common in Minnesota, at 1.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.