Yusuf
“God will add”
The alphabet
Names that begin
with Y
1,915 Y names on the record since 1880 — 15 of them in today's top 1000, with the girls well ahead. Tap + on any name to build a shortlist as you browse.
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Every Y name
Ranked by current US popularity, down to spellings given to five babies in a year. Search, filter, and tap + to keep the ones worth arguing about.
Yara
Climbing the charts
Yahya
“Traditionally "he lives”
Yosef
“He will add”
Yaretzi
Peaked at #302 in 2012
Yehuda
“praised”
Yareli
Peaked at #510 in 2009
Yuna
“No single meaning”
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Ranks are today’s national standing; “ever” counts every baby recorded with that spelling since 1880. Every name links to its full history and meaning.
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What the letter is telling you
The leader
Yusuf carries the letter.
#449 in the country — no Y name, girl or boy, sits higher. It reads “God will add.”
The lean
Y leans boy.
10 boy names in today's top 1000 against 5 for girls — close to two to one in the boys' favor.
The crossovers
No name goes both ways.
Every charting Y name belongs to one column — the letter splits clean.
Girls Boys · counted from every US birth certificate filed since 1880
IIIFrom below the radar
Quietly excellent, letter Y
Names our records love that most shortlists miss — real, recorded, and nowhere near overused.
Yisroel#824
“strives with God" or "God rules” — on a steady climb up the charts.
Fresh climbers across every letter live on Rising names.
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Beyond the ranks
Strong Y names the ranked list above never reaches — each with its own note from the records.
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