Yaser
Boy · YAH-ser · Arabic
Yaser is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “prosperous, at ease”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Yaser mean?
Arabic: spelling of Yasser, itself a spelling of Yasir
“prosperous, at ease”
Yasir ibn Amir, husband of Sumayyah and father of Ammar, was among the first Muslims to die for their faith.
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- YAH-ser
Meaning borrowed from Yasser.
Is Yaser a girl's or a boy's name?
Yaser is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yaser in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yaser in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yaser in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Yaser in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Yaser, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had more boys named Yaser than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Yaser in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 283 boys in the US were given Yaser or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #795, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.
Yaser in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
Names like Yaser
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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