Yahya is a boy's name of Arabic origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 378 boys in the United States.
Yahya belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Yahya first appears in Social Security records in 1972. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #706 in 2024, and in 2024 378 babies received the name — 4,119 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Yahya is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Arabic origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Yahya is a boy name. In 2024, 378 babies received the name in the US.
Yahya comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Yahya first appears in US records in 1972. Its best-ever ranking was #706 in 2024, and 378 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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