Yassir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YAH-sir
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Yassir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “easy, prosperous”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Yassir mean?
Arabic: spelling of Yasir; from yusr, ease
“easy, prosperous”
Yasir ibn Amir, father of Ammar ibn Yasir, was among the earliest converts to Islam.
Meaning borrowed from Yasir.
Is Yassir a girl's or a boy's name?
Yassir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yassir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Yassir, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yassir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 boys in the UK were given Yassir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #442, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Yassir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Yassir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Yassir, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Yassir in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 283 boys in the US were given Yassir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #795, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.
Yassir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 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 Yassir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Musa, Umar, Zayaan, Amir, Zayan, Zayd, Abdullah, Ahmed, Zahir, Mustafa
Other spellings of Yassir
Names related to Yassir
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, 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, “Yassir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yassir, updated 20 October 2026.