Boy names starting with Y
36 boy names that start with Y, ranked by how many U.S. babies have been given each name since 1880.
Most popular
| Name | Gender | Origin | 2025 rank | Babies since 1880 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yahir | Boy | — | #816 (b) | 12,481 |
| Yusuf | Boy | Arabic | #450 (b) | 11,455 |
| Yosef | Boy | Hebrew | #665 (b) | 10,612 |
| Yehuda | Boy | Hebrew | #741 (b) | 7,885 |
| Yousef | Boy | Arabic | #745 (b) | 7,008 |
| Yisroel | Boy | Yiddish | #826 (b) | 6,813 |
| Yaakov | Boy | — | — | 5,991 |
| Yitzchok | Boy | — | #911 (b) | 5,451 |
| Yair | Boy | Hebrew | — | 5,042 |
| Yahya | Boy | Arabic | #616 (b) | 4,582 |
| Yoel | Boy | Hebrew | — | 4,227 |
| Yadiel | Boy | — | #839 (b) | 4,226 |
| Yandel | Boy | — | — | 3,748 |
| Youssef | Boy | Arabic | — | 3,705 |
| Yakov | Boy | — | — | 3,353 |
| Yaseen | Boy | — | — | 3,337 |
| Yasir | Boy | — | — | 3,267 |
| Yusef | Boy | — | — | 3,116 |
| Yasin | Boy | — | — | 2,789 |
| Yash | Boy | Sanskrit | — | 2,764 |
| Yeshua | Boy | — | — | 2,703 |
| Yonatan | Boy | — | — | 2,551 |
| Yehoshua | Boy | — | — | 2,442 |
| Yovani | Boy | — | — | 2,107 |
| Yariel | Boy | — | — | 2,038 |
All 36 names
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Open the swipe pickerPopularity data: U.S. Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025 (names given to 5+ babies per year).