Yasin

“From Ya-Sin, the name of the Qur'an's 36th chapter” — Arabic origin

Boy's name · #1240 in the US (2025) · Trending

Yasin is climbing: on the charts since 1971, it reached #1240 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 160 boys given the name last year. Roughly 2,800 have carried it all-time. Across the Northeast it runs about 3× its national rate.

Around the world: about 1 in 870 boys in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 1,100 boys in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 1,300 boys in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Yasins

Yasin Ayari — Swedish association football player (born 2003)
Yasin Öztekin — Turkish association football player (born 1987)
Yasin Malik — Kashmiri separatist leader (born 1966)
Yasin Pehlivan — Turkish-Austrian association football player (born 1989)
Yasin Hashimi — 4th and 17th prime minister of Iraq (1884–1937)

What Yasins become

Among 184 notable people named Yasin:

Sports figures appear 2.4× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yasin Ayari, Swedish association football player (born 2003).

Similar names: Yaseen · Ammar · Yasiel · Umar · Yazan · Yasir

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