Yash
Boy · YASH · Sanskrit
Yash is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “fame, glory”. In 2025 it ranked 1,423rd for boys in the UK (20 babies) and 2,641st for boys in the US (49 babies).
What does Yash mean?
Sanskrit: from yashas
“fame, glory”
From Sanskrit yashas, fame or glory, also the first part of names such as Yashpal and Yashwant.
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- YASH
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Is Yash a girl's or a boy's name?
Yash is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the UK and 49 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yash in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,423among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were named Yash, making it the 1,423rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 59 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yash in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,358th in England and Wales.
Yash in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,423 |
| 2024 | 34 | #984 |
| 2023 | 34 | #986 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,364 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2016 | 32 | #1,010 |
| 2015 | 38 | #891 |
| 2014 | 32 | #991 |
| 2013 | 28 | #1,069 |
| 2012 | 37 | #905 |
| 2011 | 38 | #859 |
| 2010 | 41 | #803 |
| 2009 | 47 | #718 |
| 2008 | 59 | #612 |
| 2007 | 41 | #753 |
| 2006 | 53 | #605 |
| 2005 | 47 | #620 |
| 2004 | 48 | #592 |
| 2003 | 33 | #720 |
| 2002 | 42 | #556 |
| 2001 | 20 | #913 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 26 | #714 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Yash in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,641among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 49about 1 in 35,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 49 boys in the US were named Yash, making it the 2,641st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 155 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer boys named Yash than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Yash in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yash in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #2,641 |
| 2024 | 72 | #2,078 |
| 2023 | 63 | #2,243 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,372 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 77 | #1,917 |
| 2018 | 53 | #2,444 |
| 2017 | 64 | #2,129 |
| 2016 | 73 | #1,975 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2014 | 72 | #1,978 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,020 |
| 2012 | 99 | #1,588 |
| 2011 | 85 | #1,729 |
| 2010 | 111 | #1,470 |
| 2009 | 130 | #1,331 |
| 2008 | 129 | #1,334 |
| 2007 | 129 | #1,323 |
| 2006 | 127 | #1,301 |
| 2005 | 149 | #1,104 |
| 2004 | 136 | #1,151 |
| 2003 | 144 | #1,075 |
| 2002 | 155 | #1,002 |
| 2001 | 96 | #1,341 |
| 2000 | 100 | #1,287 |
| 1999 | 74 | #1,514 |
| 1998 | 65 | #1,602 |
| 1997 | 56 | #1,727 |
| 1996 | 54 | #1,722 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Yash
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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