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Baby Names Starting With Y

1,892 names begin with Y. The most popular in 2025 are Yusuf, Yara, Yahya, Yael and Yaretzi.

Browse Y names by beginning, Ya to Yv

Most popular Y names in 2025

Girls

Most popular Y girl names in the U.S., 2025
Rank	Name	Babies
507	Yara	585
670	Yaretzi	422
792	Yareli	343
950	Yuna	271
955	Yasmin	269
1,016	Yusra	246
1,022	Yamileth	245
1,183	Yasmine	196
1,204	Yaneli	189
1,493	Yashna	143
1,525	Yuri	139
1,548	Yuliana	136
1,570	Yitty	134
1,622	Yvette	128
1,631	Yael	127
1,643	Yazmin	126
1,666	Yehudis	124
1,692	Yasmeen	121
1,758	Yarely	115
1,777	Yesly	113
1,796	Yelena	112
1,855	Yasmina	107
1,896	Yesenia	103
2,002	Yoselin	95
2,051	Yvonne	92

Boys

Most popular Y boy names in the U.S., 2025
Rank	Name	Babies
449	Yusuf	698
615	Yahya	455
663	Yosef	413
740	Yehuda	351
744	Yousef	349
814	Yahir	305
817	Yael	304
824	Yisroel	300
838	Yadiel	294
910	Yitzchok	261
1,005	Yeshua	225
1,024	Yaakov	218
1,030	Yaseen	215
1,123	Yazan	190
1,156	Yasir	181
1,235	Yasin	162
1,256	Yohan	158
1,281	Yakov	153
1,290	Yunus	151
1,443	Yair	124
1,554	Youssef	110
1,634	Yoel	103
1,688	Yaman	97
1,753	Yehoshua	92
1,808	Yuri	88

All Y names by beginning

Other Y names

Beginnings with fewer than 20 names: Yd, Yg, Yh, Yk, Yl, Ym, Yn, Yr, Yt, Yw, Yy and Yz.

Name colours: Girl Boy Unisex

Y names on the rise