Yahir vs Yahya
American parents have registered 12,481 Yahirs since 1880, against 4,582 Yahyas. But in 2025 it was Yahya that was commoner, 455 babies to 305.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Yahir Yahya
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 49 years in which either name was published, Yahya for 27 years and Yahir for 22 years. The lead changed hands 2 times.
Side by side
| Yahir | Yahya | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 12,481 | 4,582 |
| Most in one year | 1,287 | 455 |
| Babies in 2025 | 305 | 455 |
| Estimated living today | 12,000 | 4,500 |
| Median age today | 16 | 8 |
| Peak year | 2003 | 2025 |
| Best rank | 258th boys | 615th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 814th | 615th |
| First recorded | 1992 | 1972 |
| Girls / boys | 50 / 12,431 | 6 / 4,576 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Yahirs alive today are over 16; half the Yahyas are over 8. That is 8 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Yahir Nevada (5.1×), Arizona (3.0×), Colorado (2.7×)
- Yahya Minnesota (5.5×), Virginia (2.3×), Washington (2.2×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Yahir and Yahya.