Yahya: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced YAH-yuh · 2 syllables

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

How popular is Yahya?

Yahya was the #615 name in the US in 2025, given to 455 babies. It’s rising: up 82% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Yahya in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Yahya are older than 23; most are between 18 and 43. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Yahya have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Yahya is pronounced YAH-yuh.

Yahya was the #615 name in the US in 2025, given to 455 babies. It’s rising: up 82% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Yahya are older than 23. Most are between 18 and 43.