Yazid
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ya-ZEED
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Yazid is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “he increases”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Yazid mean?
Arabic: Arabic yazid, from zada 'to increase'
“he increases”
Is Yazid a girl's or a boy's name?
Yazid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yazid in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Yazid, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th.
2025 had the most boys named Yazid of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Yazid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2023. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were given Yazid or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,763, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
- Yazid 8
- Yazeed 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Yazid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Yazid in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,948th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Yazid, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. It first appears in the records in 1994.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Yazid of any year since it first appeared, in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Yazid in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yazid in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Names like Yazid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayd, Hamza, Musa, Ahmed, Zayaan, Zayan, Abdullah, Khalid, Umar, Fahad, Ziyad
Other spellings of Yazid
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
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, “Yazid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yazid, updated 20 October 2026.