Yasemin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ya-seh-MEEN
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Yasemin is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “jasmine”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Yasemin mean?
Persian: Turkish form of Persian yasamin
“jasmine”
Turkish form of Jasmine, from the Persian name of the flower.
Is Yasemin a girl's or a boy's name?
Yasemin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yasemin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Yasemin, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 40 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Yasemin since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Yasemin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Yasemin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,262 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,245 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 32 | #1,012 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 24 | #1,128 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 33 | #863 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 32 | #819 |
| 2000 | 27 | #898 |
| 1999 | 34 | #752 |
| 1998 | 20 | #1,123 |
| 1997 | 40 | #697 |
| 1996 | 32 | #778 |
How popular is Yasemin in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Yasemin in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yasemin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
Names like Yasemin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yasmin, Aaliyah, Summer, Zainab, Safa, Sumayyah, Safiya, Ruqayyah, Amira, Hiba, Khadija, Halima
Names related to Yasemin
Yasmine, Yasmeen, Yasmina, Yazmin, Asmin, Yasamin, Yassmin, Yasmyn, Yassmine
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman, Armaan, Jazmin
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, “Yasemin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yasemin, updated 20 October 2026.