Boys' name · since 1972
Yahya
Yahya has 4,576 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,892 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #616 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,576
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yahya is the #616 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 4,576 recorded since 1972.
Yahya has 4,576 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #616 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #1,892 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #616 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 4,576 born since 1972
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yahya ranks #1,892 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #616 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 4,576 born since 1972, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,892 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #616 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,576
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yahya's 4,576 recorded births place it above 95.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Yahya compares
4,576 Top 14% higher than 86% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yahya's all-time total is 12x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yahya | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,576 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 455 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yahya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yahya's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 93% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 7%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 455, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yahya popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 455
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Yahya popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 2011 (Yahya as girls' name)
Yahya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,834 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Yahya's strongest decade.
1,834 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Yahya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s 96
1980s
96 births
- 1990s 181
1990s
181 births
- 2000s 700
2000s
700 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,834 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,747 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,834 births (40% of all-time use).
How Yahya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Yahya's total volume
Yahya by state
Where Yahya concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 524 | 11.5% |
| #2 | California | | 413 | 9.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 367 | 8.0% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 342 | 7.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 242 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 206 | 4.5% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 193 | 4.2% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 177 | 3.9% |
524 of 4,576 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Yahya appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Yahya's data
- Yahya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,834 total births) through the 2020s (1,747) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Yahyas (524 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Yahya
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yahya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Yahya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.