Yazan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YAH-zan
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #488 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,123 for boys
Yazan is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 488th for boys in the UK (88 babies) and 1,123rd for boys in the US (190 babies).
What does Yazan mean?
Arabic: from the ancient Yemeni family name Dhu Yazan
Recalls Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan, a 6th-century Yemeni king who became the hero of an Arabic folk epic.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Yazan a girl's or a boy's name?
Yazan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 88 boys in the UK and 190 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yazan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #488among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 88about 1 in 3,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 185% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 88 boys in the UK were named Yazan, making it the 488th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,150th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Yazan of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Yazan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 91 boys in the UK were given Yazan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #465, up from #488 for this spelling alone.
- Yazan 88
- Yazen 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 507th in England and Wales, 495th in Scotland and 270th in Northern Ireland.
Yazan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #488 |
| 2024 | 68 | #618 |
| 2023 | 55 | #710 |
| 2022 | 42 | #829 |
| 2021 | 44 | #818 |
| 2020 | 26 | #1,150 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,243 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,324 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 2 | #5,314 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
How popular is Yazan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,123among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 190about 1 in 9,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 110% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 190 boys in the US were named Yazan, making it the 1,123rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,911th. It first appears in the records in 1983.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Yazan of any year since it first appeared, in 1983.
Half of all the boys named Yazan in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 218 boys in the US were given Yazan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #936, up from #1,123 for this spelling alone.
- Yazan 190
- Yazen 19
- Yazin 9
Yazan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 190 | #1,123 |
| 2024 | 175 | #1,181 |
| 2023 | 137 | #1,365 |
| 2022 | 103 | #1,665 |
| 2021 | 97 | #1,688 |
| 2020 | 77 | #1,911 |
| 2019 | 77 | #1,917 |
| 2018 | 85 | #1,792 |
| 2017 | 79 | #1,861 |
| 2016 | 83 | #1,811 |
| 2015 | 96 | #1,646 |
| 2014 | 72 | #1,978 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,138 |
| 2012 | 53 | #2,379 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,747 |
| 2010 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2009 | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 45 | #2,245 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
Names like Yazan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Zayaan Zayan Musa Hamza Zayd Abdullah Ahmed Azaan Umar Abdulrahman Mustafa
Other spellings of Yazan
Names related to Yazan
More Arabic names
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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, “Yazan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yazan, updated 20 October 2026.