Yasser
Masculine · “easy”
Yasir is easy in Arabic — one who makes things easy — and the Qur'an says with hardship comes ease, using the same root.
How old is the name Yasser?
Yasser first appears in US birth records in 1975 — 50 years ago. The typical Yasser is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,200 people named Yasser are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yasser most popular?
Yasser peaked in 2016, reaching #2207 nationally. Today it ranks #2718, 511 places below that high. See the whole 2016 chart.
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Where it comes from
From yasara to Yasser
The story of Yasser
Sura 94 states twice that with hardship comes ease — inna ma'a al-'usri yusra — using the root behind Yasir, and the repetition is much remarked on. Yasir ibn Amir and his wife Sumayya were among the first martyrs of Islam. Yasser is a common spelling and is in current American use.
Meaning
easy, prosperous
From the Arabic yasir, 'easy' or 'prosperous', from yasara, 'to be easy'. Sura 94 says 'with hardship comes ease' twice, using the same root. Yasir ibn Amir was among the earliest Muslims. The Arabic is documented.
How the name formed
- yasara
- yasir
- Yasser
Related forms: ياسر · Yasir · Yaser
Pronouncing Yasser
YAH-ser
Two syllables, stress on the first. Arabic gives the first vowel a longer value.
Nicknames for Yasser
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
- 1975
- Most boys named
- 201661 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2207reached in 2016
- Change vs 2024
- +6.8%47 in 2025, from 44
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.
Yasser in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- ياسر in Arabic — transliteration
- Yasir in English — spelling variant
- Yaser in Turkish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, New York, California.
Yassers among us
people named Yasser are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 36,342 born in 2025 was named Yasser
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Nicanor test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Yasser's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Nicanor climbed just as high around 1954, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Nicanor's path sketches the road Yasser is walking now.
Yasser sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Yasser is headed
Yasser should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Yasser beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Yasser in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the Qur'an repeats 'with hardship comes ease' using this root is a first-rate anchor.
- The ease meaning is warm and transparent.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- One Palestinian leader is a strong political association.
- Several transliterations are in circulation.
- It reads as specifically Muslim.
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Frequently asked
- How many Yassers are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Yasser are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Yasser in 2025?
- Yasser ranks #2718 among US boy names in 2025, with 47 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Yasser?
- About 1 in every 36,342 US boys born in 2025 was named Yasser — 47 in all.
- Will my child share the name Yasser with classmates?
- Yasser will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Yasser
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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