Yad
Boy · YAHD
Yad is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies).
Where does Yad come from?
Possibly Kurdish yad 'memory', from Persian
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Is Yad a girl's or a boy's name?
Yad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Yad, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Yad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
Names like Yad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Zayd Ahmed Musa Abdullah Ibrahim Mustafa Zayaan Zayan Khalid Ziyad Saad