US name list
Boy names starting with Y
22 exact spellings starting with Y had at least 100 published male SSA records in 2025. Yusuf leads with 698.
US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved
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Included spellings have at least 100 published 2025 male records. The page lists up to 100, highest count first. Letters with fewer than 10 qualifying spellings are not given a page. Download this list (CSV)
| Rank | Name | 2025 count | Change since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 450 | Yusuf | 698 | Up 52 |
| 616 | Yahya | 455 | Up 76 |
| 665 | Yosef | 413 | Down 57 |
| 741 | Yehuda | 351 | Down 14 |
| 745 | Yousef | 349 | Up 18 |
| 816 | Yahir | 305 | Down 27 |
| 818 | Yael | 304 | Down 16 |
| 826 | Yisroel | 300 | Up 54 |
| 839 | Yadiel | 294 | Up 85 |
| 911 | Yitzchok | 261 | Up 19 |
| 1,007 | Yeshua | 225 | Down 4 |
| 1,025 | Yaakov | 218 | Down 15 |
| 1,033 | Yaseen | 215 | Up 29 |
| 1,127 | Yazan | 190 | Up 15 |
| 1,158 | Yasir | 181 | Down 14 |
| 1,240 | Yasin | 162 | Up 52 |
| 1,259 | Yohan | 158 | Down 22 |
| 1,286 | Yakov | 153 | Down 19 |
| 1,296 | Yunus | 151 | Up 27 |
| 1,450 | Yair | 124 | Down 10 |
| 1,562 | Youssef | 110 | Up 3 |
| 1,643 | Yoel | 103 | Down 17 |
Rising spellings with 100–499 2025 records
These Y spellings grew from 2021 to 2025 and stayed under 500 published male records. A missing 2021 observation is skipped, not treated as zero.
| Name | 2025 count | 2021 count | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshua | 225 | 96 | 2.34× |
| Yahya | 455 | 195 | 2.33× |
| Yohan | 158 | 77 | 2.05× |
| Yazan | 190 | 97 | 1.96× |
| Yunus | 151 | 85 | 1.78× |
| Yaseen | 215 | 148 | 1.45× |
| Yael | 304 | 211 | 1.44× |
| Yasir | 181 | 126 | 1.44× |
| Yasin | 162 | 114 | 1.42× |
| Yousef | 349 | 257 | 1.36× |
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