Yahya

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yahya: Recorded since 1985, its highest recorded position is #93, and it stood at #220 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
68times a registrar ranked it
41years from first to last
#93highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#680
1997	#678
1998	#716
1999	#697
2000	#596
2001	#910
2002	#436
2003	#381
2004	#435
2005	#376
2006	#312
2007	#336
2008	#282
2009	#309
2010	#244
2011	#257
2012	#219
2013	#222
2014	#193
2015	#209
2016	#172
2017	#171
2018	#173
2019	#167
2020	#151
2021	#152
2022	#142
2023	#126
2024	#93

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 23 of the 41 years from 1985 to 2025.

In 2025: #220 among boys in Norway, #468 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1985–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1985
First recorded at #607 among boys in Norway in 1985 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #93 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #220 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Yahya appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 5,758 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1985.

Yahya across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Yahya's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#607 (1985)	#220 (2025)	#220 (2025)	23 of 41	198 (1985–2025)	20 (2025)
England and Wales · Boys	#680 (1996)	#93 (2024)	#93 (2024)	29 of 29	5,758 (1996–2024)	583 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#596 (2006)	#394 (2024)	#468 (2025)	14 of 20	77 (2006–2025)	9 (2023)

Yahya 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 Yahya in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	94	4 of 10	24
2000s	818	10 of 10	82
2010s	2,716	10 of 10	272
2020sbusiest	2,130	5 of 10	426

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 426 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2023 and 2024, when recorded births rose by 158, from 425 to 583.

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

Yahya 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 5 regions, from 1985 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #93 in England and Wales in 2024.

Yahya'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	#93	583	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#126	425	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#142	386	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#152	377	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#151	359	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#167	321	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#173	312	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#171	322	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#172	333	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#209	279	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#193	292	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#222	234	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#219	241	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#257	188	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#244	194	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#309	133	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#282	148	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#336	110	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#312	112	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#376	83	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#435	63	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#381	69	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#436	51	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#910	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#596	31	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#697	24	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#716	23	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#678	24	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#680	23	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#220	20	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#255	17	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#296	14	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#399	7	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#418	7	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#338	11	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#335	12	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#363	11	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#482	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#382	10	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#375	10	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#377	11	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#436	8	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#571	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#471	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#569	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#581	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#465	7	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#551	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#490	7	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#653	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#607	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#396	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#433	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#290	13	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1985 and 2025, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #93, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 583 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 39 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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Yahyaa · #2074, 21y
Yahye · #1246, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Nellie · #93, 29y
Zayn · #93, 30y
Fraser · #92, 30y
Kacper · #92, 36y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Fraser · #92, 30y
Kacper · #92, 36y
Whitney · #94, 30y
Viljar · #91, 37y

Yahya was ranked #93 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. 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.

Yahya 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 Yahya without appearing here.

Yahya moved ahead of

Darragh Compare
In 2001 they stood at #910 and #910 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #436 and #1128.
Courtney Compare
In 2001 they stood at #910 and #786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #436 and #907.
Bruce Compare
In 2001 they stood at #910 and #786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #436 and #869.
Barry Compare
In 2001 they stood at #910 and #786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #436 and #824.

Moved ahead of Yahya

Noah Compare
In 1998 they stood at #490 and #560 in Norway · Boys; by 1999 that had become #465 and #227.
Finley Compare
In 1996 they stood at #680 and #704 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #678 and #484.
Noel Compare
In 2005 they stood at #471 and #573 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #571 and #382.
Theo Compare
In 1998 they stood at #551 and #611 in Norway · Boys; by 1999 that had become #465 and #309.

Moved the opposite way to Yahya

Arild Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yahya went from #607 to #220 while Arild went from #133 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yahya went from #607 to #220 while Arne went from #115 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yahya went from #607 to #220 while Bjørn went from #21 to #56.
Dag Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yahya went from #607 to #220 while Dag went from #68 to #426.

Moved the same way as Yahya

Aaron Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yahya went from #607 to #220 and Aaron from #572 to #334.
Adam Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yahya went from #607 to #220 and Adam from #122 to #29.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yahya went from #607 to #220 and Benjamin from #189 to #48.
Edward Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yahya went from #607 to #220 and Edward from #390 to #189.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 5 regions, from 1985 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #93 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yahya

Yahya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yahya across 3 official records

Yahya by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Yahya appears in

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Yahya at a glance

Yahya across 3 official records

Yahya by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Yahya and the names beside it

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