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Yahya

Rank in 2024
#705
Born in 2024
378
Peak year
2024 · #705
Origin
Arabic

1880 to 2024

Rising
00.10.20.318801900192019401960198020002020
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 378 boys were named Yahya, about 1 in every 4,538.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1972.
  • 4,119 boys have been named Yahya since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Yahya per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 26 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 189 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,180 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,724 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), equivalent to John in the Qur'an.

  • A male given name from Arabic.
Origin
Arabic
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Yahya, CC BY-SA 4.0.