Meaning and history
Yahya is the Arabic form of Yoḥanan, the name behind John, and appears in the Quran; it is also the Turkish and Persian form. The name honors John the Baptist, who is regarded as a prophet in Islam.
20062006: 80 births, rank #1,738
2007: 90 births, rank #1,681
2008: 94 births, rank #1,639
2009: 133 births, rank #1,309
2010: 113 births, rank #1,456
20112011: 130 births, rank #1,309
2012: 158 births, rank #1,155
2013: 173 births, rank #1,080
2014: 167 births, rank #1,137
2015: 211 births, rank #977
20162016: 224 births, rank #935
2017: 230 births, rank #920
2018: 202 births, rank #1,018
2019: 226 births, rank #949
2020: 210 births, rank #1,005
20212021: 195 births, rank #1,085
2022: 243 births, rank #940
2023: 265 births, rank #881
2024: 379 births, rank #707
20252025: 455 births, rank #615
Yahya rose from #707 to #616 for boys between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 455.