Yaseen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ya-SEEN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #326 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,030 for boys
Yaseen is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the Arabic letters ya and sin”. In 2025 it ranked 326th for boys in the UK (151 babies) and 1,030th for boys in the US (215 babies).
What does Yaseen mean?
Arabic: spelling of Yasin
“the Arabic letters ya and sin”
Taken from Surah Ya-Sin, the 36th chapter of the Quran, which opens with the letters ya and sin.
Is Yaseen a girl's or a boy's name?
Yaseen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 151 boys in the UK and 215 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yaseen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #326among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 151about 1 in 2,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 151 boys in the UK were named Yaseen, making it the 326th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 536th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Yaseen of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Yaseen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 245 boys in the UK were given Yaseen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #234, up from #326 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 302nd in England and Wales.
Yaseen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151 | #326 |
| 2024 | 111 | #409 |
| 2023 | 92 | #479 |
| 2022 | 79 | #545 |
| 2021 | 82 | #535 |
| 2020 | 79 | #536 |
| 2019 | 78 | #547 |
| 2018 | 80 | #540 |
| 2017 | 91 | #499 |
| 2016 | 59 | #670 |
| 2015 | 81 | #535 |
| 2014 | 101 | #450 |
| 2013 | 90 | #484 |
| 2012 | 92 | #476 |
| 2011 | 65 | #587 |
| 2010 | 77 | #506 |
| 2009 | 75 | #515 |
| 2008 | 79 | #500 |
| 2007 | 81 | #467 |
| 2006 | 56 | #579 |
| 2005 | 47 | #620 |
| 2004 | 41 | #649 |
| 2003 | 25 | #880 |
| 2002 | 33 | #658 |
| 2001 | 35 | #603 |
| 2000 | 27 | #728 |
| 1999 | 31 | #633 |
| 1998 | 21 | #818 |
| 1997 | 26 | #690 |
| 1996 | 21 | #768 |
How popular is Yaseen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,030among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 215about 1 in 7,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 215 boys in the US were named Yaseen, making it the 1,030th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,225th. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had the most boys named Yaseen of any year since it first appeared, in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Yaseen in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 424 boys in the US were given Yaseen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #623, up from #1,030 for this spelling alone.
Yaseen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 215 | #1,030 |
| 2024 | 186 | #1,135 |
| 2023 | 167 | #1,197 |
| 2022 | 174 | #1,171 |
| 2021 | 148 | #1,280 |
| 2020 | 153 | #1,225 |
| 2019 | 140 | #1,309 |
| 2018 | 164 | #1,168 |
| 2017 | 147 | #1,245 |
| 2016 | 167 | #1,149 |
| 2015 | 177 | #1,096 |
| 2014 | 145 | #1,245 |
| 2013 | 133 | #1,297 |
| 2012 | 116 | #1,428 |
| 2011 | 143 | #1,219 |
| 2010 | 121 | #1,383 |
| 2009 | 101 | #1,588 |
| 2008 | 103 | #1,553 |
| 2007 | 102 | #1,539 |
| 2006 | 70 | #1,918 |
| 2005 | 73 | #1,787 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,127 |
| 2003 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 2002 | 40 | #2,466 |
| 2001 | 41 | #2,382 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
Names like Yaseen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yahya Muhammad Zayan Rayyan Zayaan Musa Hamza Zayd Umar Abdullah Arham Ahmed
Other spellings of Yaseen
Names related to Yaseen
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, “Yaseen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yaseen, updated 20 October 2026.