Yami
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YAH-mee
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
Yami is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies).
What does Yami mean?
Several possible sources, including the Hindu goddess Yami
In Hindu texts Yami is the twin sister of Yama, later identified with the river goddess Yamuna.
Is Yami a girl's or a boy's name?
Yami is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yami in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Yami, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Yami of any year since it first appeared, in 2017.
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were given Yami or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,106, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Yami 8
- Yaami 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Yami in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
Names like Yami
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rumi, Suki, Kiki, Yumna, Remi, Minha, Miri, Yuna, Kiyomi, Lumi, Kyomi, Yusra
Names related to Yami
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yami: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yami, updated 20 October 2026.