Recorded 1975–2025 · United States
Yash was most popular in 2002, when 155 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,235 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,675, with 49 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,764 people named Yash.
Yash first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1975, which makes it about 50 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 39 of the 51 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,764 American births named Yash between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,725 are estimated to be alive today.
49 American babies were named Yash in 2025, ranking #5,675 that year.
Yash is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 61 births a year, against 77 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -21% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Yash is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,764 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 2,725 Americans named Yash are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 12 and 24. That is a narrow band: Yash arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org