Boy name Arabic origin Muslim tradition

Yahya

YAH-yah · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
living; God is gracious
Language
Arabic
Culture
Arab/Islamic
Religion
Muslim
Style era
timeless
Themes
religious · prophetic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#706
2024 births378
Peak year2024
First appeared1972
Total US births4,119
2024 peak19721985199820112024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Ya
Alternate spellings
YehyaYahia
In other languages
Yahya (Turkish)Yahya (Persian)Yochanan (Hebrew)John (English)

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Prophet Yahya (John the Baptist)
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