Yahya

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Yahya, also spelled Yehia, is an Arabic male given name. In the Qur'an, Yahya also appears as the Arabic equivalent of the given name of the prophet John the Baptist in Islam. For this reason, Yahya is now a common name in the Muslim world.

From Wikipedia

Yahya first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2024 with 119 babies (rank #274 that year). In 2024 it was given to 119 boys (rank #274). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Yahya

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Yahya yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,574
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
119
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19915#1,996
19926#1,739
19937#1,607
19947#1,520
19958#1,554
19967#1,740
199711#1,245
199813#1,089
199913#1,113
200019#845
200122#790
200217#953
200323#784
200421#869
200543#536
200631#705
200738#637
200848#558
200963#453
201045#579
201166#429
201286#353
201377#382
201467#450
201578#397
201678#395
201787#367
201877#398
201966#449
202065#452
202168#445
202297#328
202396#321
2024119#274