Yahye
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YAH-yeh
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Yahye is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “he lives”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Yahye mean?
Arabic: Somali form of Yahya
“he lives”
The Somali form of Yahya, the name the Quran gives to the prophet known in the Bible as John the Baptist.
Is Yahye a girl's or a boy's name?
Yahye is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yahye in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 18 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yahye in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yahye in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,326 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,348 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Yahye in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Yahye, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Yahye than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Yahye in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yahye in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
Names like Yahye
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Zayan Musa Zayaan Ahmed Abdullah Zayd Rayyan Umar Azaan Arham
Names related to Yahye
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yahye: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yahye, updated 20 October 2026.