Yasin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ya-SEEN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #597 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,235 for boys
Yasin is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the Arabic letters ya and sin”. In 2025 it ranked 597th for boys in the UK (71 babies) and 1,235th for boys in the US (162 babies).
What does Yasin mean?
Arabic
“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 Yasin a girl's or a boy's name?
Yasin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 71 boys in the UK and 162 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yasin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #597among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 71about 1 in 4,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 71 boys in the UK were named Yasin, making it the 597th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 579th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 95 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yasin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 245 boys in the UK were given Yasin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #234, up from #597 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 549th in England and Wales.
Yasin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71 | #597 |
| 2024 | 79 | #545 |
| 2023 | 67 | #611 |
| 2022 | 63 | #644 |
| 2021 | 55 | #716 |
| 2020 | 72 | #579 |
| 2019 | 66 | #618 |
| 2018 | 69 | #594 |
| 2017 | 77 | #559 |
| 2016 | 66 | #612 |
| 2015 | 80 | #542 |
| 2014 | 80 | #539 |
| 2013 | 83 | #513 |
| 2012 | 75 | #545 |
| 2011 | 95 | #449 |
| 2010 | 78 | #502 |
| 2009 | 80 | #498 |
| 2008 | 79 | #500 |
| 2007 | 79 | #479 |
| 2006 | 62 | #535 |
| 2005 | 64 | #493 |
| 2004 | 53 | #543 |
| 2003 | 43 | #593 |
| 2002 | 45 | #530 |
| 2001 | 41 | #542 |
| 2000 | 40 | #548 |
| 1999 | 36 | #585 |
| 1998 | 39 | #541 |
| 1997 | 33 | #585 |
| 1996 | 28 | #629 |
How popular is Yasin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,235among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 162about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 162 boys in the US were named Yasin, making it the 1,235th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,378th. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had the most boys named Yasin of any year since it first appeared, in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Yasin in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 424 boys in the US were given Yasin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #623, up from #1,235 for this spelling alone.
Yasin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 162 | #1,235 |
| 2024 | 110 | #1,573 |
| 2023 | 122 | #1,473 |
| 2022 | 106 | #1,634 |
| 2021 | 114 | #1,538 |
| 2020 | 127 | #1,378 |
| 2019 | 123 | #1,420 |
| 2018 | 111 | #1,530 |
| 2017 | 102 | #1,582 |
| 2016 | 113 | #1,501 |
| 2015 | 103 | #1,567 |
| 2014 | 105 | #1,526 |
| 2013 | 88 | #1,684 |
| 2012 | 79 | #1,848 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,104 |
| 2010 | 80 | #1,815 |
| 2009 | 83 | #1,796 |
| 2008 | 71 | #1,980 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,051 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,149 |
| 2005 | 68 | #1,865 |
| 2004 | 65 | #1,876 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,015 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,113 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,132 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,020 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,346 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 27 | #2,635 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
Names like Yasin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Yahya Ahmed Hamza Zayan Musa Abdullah Rayyan Zayaan Yazan Umar Mustafa
Other spellings of Yasin
Names related to Yasin
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, “Yasin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yasin, updated 20 October 2026.