Masculine dossier · first seen 1972
Yahya
Rising
Gaining cultural share
Peak era
2025
Peak births
455
Current vitality
Fragile
Peak generation
Gen Alpha
Quick answers about Yahya
How many people are named Yahya?
An estimated 4,526 living Americans are named Yahya.
How rare is Yahya?
Yahya is uncommon among babies today, with 455 boys receiving the name in 2025, matching its recorded peak.
How old is the typical Yahya?
The median age of a living American named Yahya is approximately 9 years, with most bearers falling between 4 and 15 years old.
Is Yahya still popular?
Yes — Yahya is currently rising in popularity, with 455 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 1.9× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Yahya most common?
Yahya has its strongest geographic signal in Minnesota, where it appears 5.6× more often than the national baseline.
1972Peak 20252025
Peak year
2025
Decline from peak
0%
2025
455
All-time
4,576
Where it lives now
Yahya is most concentrated in Minnesota — about 5.3× the national rate in the 2020s.
States where Yahya is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.