Name meaning & stats
Yahya
Yahya means “Yahweh is gracious” (Arabic origin). 4,582 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“Yahweh is gracious”
ArabicWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
4,582 US babies were named Yahya between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Yahya (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 89% of the family
- Yahya 89%
- Yahia 11%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)