Boy names that start with Y

284 different boy names starting with Y were given to five or more US boys in 2025, 10,564 babies in all, or 0.6% of recorded boys.

The most common was Yusuf, with 698 boys (#450 overall), followed by Yahya, Yosef and Yehuda. The table lists the top 100 by 2025 births, with each name’s change in national rank since 2024.

Since 2024, 57 of the 100 ranked names listed here moved up the national boy ranking and 43 moved down. The biggest climb was Yahari, from #12,286 to #4,698.

0 of the names listed are in the national top 100 for boys in 2025, and 10 are in the top 1,000. They run from 3 letters (Yan) to 9 (Yechezkel).

Only names where at least 10% of 2025 births were boys are included, so a name mostly given to the other sex is left out. Sparklines run from 1880 to 2025.