How Many People Are Named Yahya?
people named Yahya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 75,349 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,582 babies named Yahya in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
455 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Arabic, Turkish and Persian form of Yochanan (see JOHN). This name honours John the Baptist, a prophet in Islam.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Yahya (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yahya alive today is about 10 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yahya first appears in the records in 1972, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 455 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Yahya has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #616, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #616.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #616 |
| Best rank | #616 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,071 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yahya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yahya were born in New York than in any other state: about 519 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yahya was given 6.1 times as often in Minnesota, 2.6 times in New York and 2.1 times in Virginia.
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