Yazeed
Boy · ya-ZEED · Arabic
Yazeed is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “he will increase”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Yazeed mean?
Arabic: Arabic Yazid, from zada 'to increase'
“he will increase”
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan was an early Muslim commander in the conquest of Syria.
- Say it
- ya-ZEED
Is Yazeed a girl's or a boy's name?
Yazeed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yazeed in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Yazeed, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2013, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yazeed in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were given Yazeed or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,763, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Yazid 8
- Yazeed 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Yazeed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
How popular is Yazeed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Yazeed, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the boys named Yazeed in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yazeed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
Names like Yazeed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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