Yahya

Meaning and origin of Yahya

Popularity of Yahya in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Yahya has been rising (+8.3% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Yahya every 9.1 schools, all spellings combined.

Yahya in English-speaking countries

Yahya ranks 101^st in England and Wales, 239^th in Ontario (Canada) and 256^th in Scotland, against 263^rd in France.

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  101^st boys’ name1,633 babies in 3 years1 boy in 506+12.5% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  239^th boys’ name161 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,056+9.8% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  256^th boys’ name47 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,275

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  412^th boys’ name25 babies in 3 years1 boy in 2,873

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  721^st boys’ name1,099 babies in 3 years1 boy in 4,678+12.3% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  843^rd boys’ name5 babies in 3 years1 boy in 8,907

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Yahia160
• Yaya145
• Yahaya (in French)20
• Yahiya15

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Yahya

• Ibrahima
• Abdoulaye
• Aboubacar
• Yusuf
• Yacine
• Zakarya
• Youssouf
• Souleyman
• Souleymane
• Yazid
• Souleymen
• Muhammad

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin