Yeab
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YEH-ahb
- Origin
- Amharic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Yeab is a boys' name of Amharic origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Yeab come from?
Amharic: probably short for the Ethiopian name Yeabsira
Is Yeab a girl's or a boy's name?
Yeab is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yeab in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Yeab, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016.
2025 had fewer boys named Yeab than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Yeab in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yeab in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
Names like Yeab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Khaza, Azai, Jahseh, Yazan, Zayan, Musab, Azir, Chozen, Mazi, Zamir, Zymir, Kasai
More Amharic names
Amare, Aryam, Gelila, Mahelet, Nolawi, Haset, Tafari, Bruk, Leul, Naod, Kidus, Melat, Haile, Menelik, Nuhamin, Meklit
Sources
Figures from 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, “Yeab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yeab, updated 20 October 2026.