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Is Yahya a Male or Female Name?

Yahya is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Yahya globally is 96.4% males and 3.6% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Pakistan with 99.9% and the country with the highest female ratio is Tunisia with 9.6%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Yahya in percentages: Globally: 96.4% males, 3.6% females, Morocco: 93.4% males, 6.6% females, Türkiye: 98.6% males, 1.4% females, Saudi Arabia: 97.4% males, 2.6% females, Egypt: 96.3% males, 3.7% females, Algeria: 94.4% males, 5.6% females, Tunisia: 90.4% males, 9.6% females, France: 98.2% males, 1.8% females, United States: 98.9% males, 1.1% females, Malaysia: 97.3% males, 2.7% females, Jordan: 99.2% males, 0.8% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Yahya are 18-24 years old, making up 45.4% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Yahya in each age group: 18-24: 45.4%, 25-34: 15.8%, 35-44: 14.0%, 45-54: 11.7%, 55-64: 8.7%, 65+: 4.4%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Yahya is Morocco with 0.1316% of the population. Following is Tunisia and Jordan.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Yahya measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Yahya year over year: 1956: 0.0052‰, 1957: 0.0024‰, 1958: 0.0044‰, 1959: 0.0045‰, 1960: 0.005‰, 1961: 0.005‰, 1962: 0.0055‰, 1963: 0.0056‰, 1964: 0.0065‰, 1965: 0.0059‰, 1966: 0.0072‰, 1967: 0.0073‰, 1968: 0.0076‰, 1969: 0.0079‰, 1970: 0.0083‰, 1971: 0.0075‰, 1972: 0.0081‰, 1973: 0.0079‰, 1974: 0.0097‰, 1975: 0.0093‰, 1976: 0.009‰, 1977: 0.0091‰, 1978: 0.0094‰, 1979: 0.0088‰, 1980: 0.0104‰, 1981: 0.0088‰, 1982: 0.0098‰, 1983: 0.01‰, 1984: 0.0099‰, 1985: 0.0112‰, 1986: 0.011‰, 1987: 0.0102‰, 1988: 0.0112‰, 1989: 0.0116‰, 1990: 0.0114‰, 1991: 0.012‰, 1992: 0.0103‰, 1993: 0.0093‰, 1994: 0.0112‰, 1995: 0.0114‰, 1996: 0.0156‰, 1997: 0.0138‰, 1998: 0.0273‰, 1999: 0.0285‰, 2000: 0.0366‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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