Yashas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YAH-shus
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Yashas is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “fame, glory”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Yashas mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit yashas
“fame, glory”
From Sanskrit yashas 'fame, renown', also the root of the name Yash.
Is Yashas a girl's or a boy's name?
Yashas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yashas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Yashas, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Yashas in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yashas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Nicknames for Yashas
- Yash 20 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Yashas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Yahir, Ishaan, Yahya, Vihaan, Ayaan, Hamza, Zahir, Viraj, Veer, Yuvraj, Musa
Names related to Yashas
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh, Veda
Sources
Figures from 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, “Yashas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yashas, updated 20 October 2026.