Yasmin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YAZ-min
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #332 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #955 for girls
Yasmin is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “jasmine flower”. In 2025 it ranked 332nd for girls in the UK (145 babies) and 955th for girls in the US (269 babies).
What does Yasmin mean?
Persian: from yasamin
“jasmine flower”
From Persian yasamin, jasmine, which is also the source of the English flower name Jasmine.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Yasmin a girl's or a boy's name?
Yasmin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 145 girls in the UK and 269 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yasmin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #332among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 145about 1 in 1,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 145 girls in the UK were named Yasmin, making it the 332nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 351st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 693 girls.
2025 had more girls named Yasmin than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Yasmin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 318th in England and Wales and 387th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#89).
Yasmin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 145 | #332 |
| 2024 | 135 | #361 |
| 2023 | 140 | #348 |
| 2022 | 142 | #340 |
| 2021 | 134 | #377 |
| 2020 | 138 | #351 |
| 2019 | 169 | #310 |
| 2018 | 151 | #341 |
| 2017 | 203 | #270 |
| 2016 | 240 | #242 |
| 2015 | 236 | #241 |
| 2014 | 240 | #236 |
| 2013 | 272 | #206 |
| 2012 | 330 | #173 |
| 2011 | 288 | #196 |
| 2010 | 329 | #180 |
| 2009 | 347 | #178 |
| 2008 | 375 | #164 |
| 2007 | 402 | #154 |
| 2006 | 416 | #150 |
| 2005 | 475 | #127 |
| 2004 | 505 | #121 |
| 2003 | 576 | #100 |
| 2002 | 605 | #92 |
| 2001 | 647 | #88 |
| 2000 | 576 | #103 |
| 1999 | 641 | #92 |
| 1998 | 598 | #99 |
| 1997 | 672 | #90 |
| 1996 | 693 | #87 |
How popular is Yasmin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #955among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 269about 1 in 6,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 269 girls in the US were named Yasmin, making it the 955th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 976th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 1,018 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the girls named Yasmin in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 307 girls in the US were given Yasmin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #832, up from #955 for this spelling alone.
Yasmin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 269 | #955 |
| 2024 | 290 | #914 |
| 2023 | 311 | #857 |
| 2022 | 304 | #907 |
| 2021 | 245 | #1,035 |
| 2020 | 261 | #976 |
| 2019 | 279 | #947 |
| 2018 | 252 | #1,026 |
| 2017 | 251 | #1,030 |
| 2016 | 295 | #930 |
| 2015 | 292 | #930 |
| 2014 | 302 | #898 |
| 2013 | 329 | #817 |
| 2012 | 378 | #733 |
| 2011 | 429 | #661 |
| 2010 | 504 | #582 |
| 2009 | 644 | #479 |
| 2008 | 807 | #398 |
| 2007 | 906 | #359 |
| 2006 | 1,018 | #324 |
| 2005 | 963 | #332 |
| 2004 | 950 | #338 |
| 2003 | 873 | #354 |
| 2002 | 844 | #352 |
| 2001 | 753 | #387 |
| 2000 | 668 | #423 |
| 1999 | 655 | #421 |
| 1998 | 597 | #438 |
| 1997 | 604 | #426 |
| 1996 | 572 | #443 |
| 1995 | 487 | #504 |
| 1994 | 462 | #532 |
| 1993 | 472 | #517 |
| 1992 | 372 | #610 |
| 1991 | 391 | #587 |
| 1990 | 319 | #672 |
| 1989 | 286 | #697 |
| 1988 | 215 | #837 |
| 1987 | 261 | #700 |
| 1986 | 198 | #841 |
| 1985 | 186 | #862 |
| 1984 | 143 | #1,004 |
| 1983 | 139 | #1,015 |
| 1982 | 144 | #1,019 |
| 1981 | 145 | #1,004 |
| 1980 | 128 | #1,089 |
| 1979 | 123 | #1,104 |
| 1978 | 143 | #969 |
| 1977 | 151 | #926 |
| 1976 | 92 | #1,225 |
| 1975 | 98 | #1,175 |
| 1974 | 102 | #1,133 |
| 1973 | 82 | #1,266 |
| 1972 | 33 | #2,276 |
| 1971 | 58 | #1,613 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,804 |
| 1969 | 36 | #2,102 |
| 1968 | 30 | #2,205 |
| 1967 | 33 | #2,039 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,307 |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,683 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,245 |
| 1963 | 31 | #2,130 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,837 |
| 1960 | 48 | #1,616 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1958 | 44 | #1,605 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,167 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,597 |
| 1955 | 53 | #1,370 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,517 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
Nicknames for Yasmin
- Yas
Names like Yasmin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer Zainab Safa Aaliyah Hiba Ayah Hafsa Amal Huda Maya Imaan Halima
Other spellings of Yasmin
Names related to Yasmin
Yasmine Yasmeen Yasmina Yazmin Yasemin Asmin Yasamin Yazmina Yasmyn
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, “Yasmin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yasmin, updated 20 October 2026.