How Many People Are Named Yash?
people named Yash are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 125,379 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,764 babies named Yash in Social Security records from 1975 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
155 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Sanskrit เคฏเคถเคธเฅ (yashas) meaning "fame, praise, glory".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Yash in the records were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Yash alive today is about 17 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 23 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Yash first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 2002, to 155 babies. In 2025, 49 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Yash has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,006, in 2002. In 2025 it ranked #2,675.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,675 |
| Best rank | #1,006 (2002) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,215 in the 2000s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Yash alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yash were born in California than in any other state: about 511 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yash was given 7.7 times as often in New Jersey, 2.3 times in Illinois and 2.2 times in California.
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