Yahia

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Yahia: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Yahia: Recorded since 1999, its highest recorded position is #657, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#657highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2425
2001	#3134
2004	#2578
2005	#2754
2007	#2741
2008	#2507
2009	#2544
2010	#2400
2011	#2892
2012	#2458
2013	#3315
2014	#3895
2015	#2707
2016	#3079
2017	#2512
2018	#2445
2019	#1986
2020	#2404
2021	#3017
2022	#1879
2023	#2546
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2022: #657 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1879 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2425 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yahia by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Yahia in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	33	6 of 10	6
2010s	71	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	41	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Yahia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #657 in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

Yahia's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #657, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2022, and 23 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Zian · #657, 19y
Aminat · #655, 18y
Anuoluwapo · #655, 26y
Benita · #655, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Boden · #657, 21y
Chaya · #657, 29y
Havana · #657, 27y
Marlo · #657, 20y

Yahia was ranked #657 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Yahia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Yahia without appearing here.

Yahia moved ahead of

Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3017 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #4789.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3079 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2445 and #4749.
Malin Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3895 and #3895 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2512 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Yahia

Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2578 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2754 and #1190.
Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1949.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #1363.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2458 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3315 and #2403.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #657 in Republic of Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yahia

Yahia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yahia by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Yahia appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Yahia

Yahia and the names beside it

Yahia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Yahia

Yahia at a glance

Yahia by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Yahia appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Yahia

Yahia and the names beside it

Yahia moved ahead of

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