Yaman
Masculine · “right hand”
Yaman is the right hand in Arabic — and Yemen takes its name from the same word, being the land on the right hand as you face the rising sun.
How old is the name Yaman?
Yaman first appears in US birth records in 1997 — 28 years ago. The typical Yaman is a kid of about 3 — this name's wave is very recent. About 400 people named Yaman are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yaman most popular?
Yaman peaked in 2025, reaching #1688 nationally. Today it ranks #1688, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From yaman to Yaman
The story of Yaman
Al-Yaman named the southern corner of Arabia, and classical Arab geography took its bearings facing the sunrise, which put Yemen on the right and Syria — al-Sham, the left — on the other. Yaman is used in Arabic naming and, separately and commonly, in Turkish. It appears in American records and is in current use.
Meaning
right hand; blessed, prosperous
From the Arabic yaman, 'right side' or 'right hand', which also carries a sense of good fortune — the right being the auspicious side. Yemen is al-Yaman, the land on the right when facing east. A separate Turkish Yaman means 'strong' or 'capable'. Both are genuine.
How the name formed
- yaman
- Yaman
Related forms: يمن · Yaman · Yaman
Pronouncing Yaman
yah-MAHN
Two syllables, stress on the second. Turkish places the stress the same way.
Nicknames for Yaman
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1997
- Most boys named
- 202597 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1688reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +34.7%97 in 2025, from 72
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Yaman in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- يمن in Arabic — transliteration
- Yaman in Turkish — same name
- Yaman in Hindi — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, New York, California.
Yamans among us
people named Yaman are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 17,609 born in 2025 was named Yaman
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Yaman
- #1688
- Yaman on the 2025 chart
- #816
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Yaman went to 97 boys in 2025, but Yamaan is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 112, which makes it the 816th most-given boys’ name of the year — 872 places above the chart.
- Yaman97
- Yamaan15
About 1 boy in 15,251 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 17,609 for Yaman itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Sander test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Yaman's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sander climbed just as high around 1937, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sander's path sketches the road Yaman is walking now.
Yaman is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Yaman is headed
Yaman is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 68% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Yaman beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Yaman in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The right-hand etymology explains a country's name, which is a genuinely good fact.
- It is current in Arabic and Turkish naming alike.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- The Yam clipping is unfortunate as an English word.
- The Arabic and Turkish meanings are different, though both are positive.
- It reads as specifically Middle Eastern.
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Frequently asked
- How many Yamans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Yaman are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Yaman?
- Yaman is the most-used spelling in US records — 97 of the 112 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Yamaan.
- How popular is the name Yaman in 2025?
- Yaman ranks #1688 among US boy names in 2025, with 97 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Yaman?
- About 1 in every 17,609 US boys born in 2025 was named Yaman — 97 in all.
- Will my child share the name Yaman with classmates?
- Yaman will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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