Yash — #2086 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Yash

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,715 babies named Yash between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yash currently holds the #2086 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 155 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yash performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,295 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Yash shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 511 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Yash in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yash in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,715 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.