Baby names starting with Y
The girl and boy names starting with Y given most often in the US in 2025.
Updated October 14, 2026 · sources checked October 14, 2026
In short
Among baby names starting with Y, the most given in the US in 2025 were Yara, Yaretzi, Yusuf, Yahya. The two lists below rank up to 40 girl names and 40 boy names by the number of babies, from Social Security data; use the search box for any other name.
Ranked by the number of babies in 2025.
Girls
- Yara 585
- Yaretzi 422
- Yareli 343
- Yuna 271
- Yasmin 269
- Yusra 246
- Yamileth 245
- Yasmine 196
- Yaneli 189
- Yashna 143
- Yuri 139
- Yuliana 136
- Yitty 134
- Yvette 128
- Yael 127
- Yazmin 126
- Yehudis 124
- Yasmeen 121
- Yarely 115
- Yesly 113
- Yelena 112
- Yasmina 107
- Yesenia 103
- Yoselin 95
- Yvonne 92
- Yamilet 83
- Yana 75
- Yanely 72
- Yides 68
- Yaritza 59
- Yocheved 56
- Yumi 55
- Yatziri 52
- Yetzali 50
- Yolanda 49
- Yulissa 48
- Yalani 47
- Yumna 46
- Ysabella 45
- Yeimy 44
Boys
- Yusuf 698
- Yahya 455
- Yosef 413
- Yehuda 351
- Yousef 349
- Yahir 305
- Yael 304
- Yisroel 300
- Yadiel 294
- Yitzchok 261
- Yeshua 225
- Yaakov 218
- Yaseen 215
- Yazan 190
- Yasir 181
- Yasin 162
- Yohan 158
- Yakov 153
- Yunus 151
- Yair 124
- Youssef 110
- Yoel 103
- Yaman 97
- Yehoshua 92
- Yousuf 88
- Yuri 88
- Yusef 83
- Yasiel 82
- Yechiel 82
- Yug 77
- Yariel 76
- Younes 68
- Younis 68
- Yuvaan 67
- Yeison 66
- Yisrael 64
- Yousif 59
- Yan 58
- Yaziel 58
- Yossi 58
About these numbers. Babies born in the United States who received a Social Security number, by year of birth (1980-2025). To protect privacy, the SSA only publishes a name in a given year if at least 5 babies of the same sex received it.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration — Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data. Licence: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government, 17 U.S.C. § 105). Data checked on 2026-10-14. Mamavela only counts and charts these official figures; nothing is estimated.