Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Yahya

#1,844 most common boys' name of all time · #4,459 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among boys
#1,844
Rank overall
#4,459 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
4,582
Since 2016
2,629
Peak year
2025 #616
Best rank
#616 2025
Girls Boys peak 455/yr
198020002020

Yahya first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 455 455 #616
2024 — 379 379 #707
2023 — 265 265 #881
2022 — 243 243 #941
2021 — 195 195 #1,087
2020 — 210 210 #1,006
2019 — 226 226 #951
2018 — 202 202 #1,021
2017 — 230 230 #922
2016 — 224 224 #938
2015 — 211 211 #981
2014 — 167 167 #1,140
2013 — 173 173 #1,083
2012 — 158 158 #1,160
2011 6 130 136 #1,316
2010 — 113 113 #1,457
2009 — 133 133 #1,313
2008 — 94 94 #1,649
2007 — 90 90 #1,694
2006 — 80 80 #1,746
2005 — 67 67 #1,907
2004 — 55 55 #2,149
2003 — 47 47 #2,295
2002 — 35 35 #2,713
2001 — 56 56 #1,948
2000 — 43 43 #2,275
1999 — 30 30 #2,833
1998 — 24 24 #3,254
1997 — 25 25 #3,031
1996 — 20 20 #3,482
1995 — 13 13 #4,657
1994 — 15 15 #4,201
1993 — 9 9 #5,978
1992 — 21 21 #3,182
1991 — 17 17 #3,576
1990 — 7 7 #6,779
1989 — 9 9 #5,418
1988 — 10 10 #4,651
1987 — 5 5 #7,507
1986 — 16 16 #3,106
1985 — 11 11 #3,992
1984 — 8 8 #4,826
1983 — 13 13 #3,378
1982 — 10 10 #4,174
1981 — 6 6 #5,962
1980 — 8 8 #4,808
1979 — 6 6 #5,809
1977 — 5 5 #6,486
1972 — 7 7 #4,438