Girl Names Starting With Y
Yara leads the Y names for girls: 585 babies received it in 2025, putting it at #507 overall. None of these crack the year's overall top 100, which makes this letter a shortcut to less-common picks.
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| #507 | Yara | 585 |
| #672 | Yaretzi | 422 |
| #794 | Yareli | 343 |
| #952 | Yuna | 271 |
| #959 | Yasmin | 269 |
| #1,021 | Yusra | 246 |
| #1,026 | Yamileth | 245 |
| #1,185 | Yasmine | 196 |
| #1,206 | Yaneli | 189 |
| #1,498 | Yashna | 143 |
| #1,533 | Yuri | 139 |
| #1,560 | Yuliana | 136 |
| #1,579 | Yitty | 134 |
| #1,630 | Yvette | 128 |
| #1,642 | Yael | 127 |
| #1,651 | Yazmin | 126 |
| #1,672 | Yehudis | 124 |
| #1,701 | Yasmeen | 121 |
| #1,768 | Yarely | 115 |
| #1,795 | Yesly | 113 |
| #1,807 | Yelena | 112 |
| #1,866 | Yasmina | 107 |
| #1,901 | Yesenia | 103 |
| #2,016 | Yoselin | 95 |
| #2,063 | Yvonne | 92 |
| #2,237 | Yamilet | 83 |
| #2,409 | Yana | 75 |
| #2,483 | Yanely | 72 |
| #2,582 | Yides | 68 |
| #2,894 | Yaritza | 59 |
| #2,996 | Yocheved | 56 |
| #3,027 | Yumi | 55 |
| #3,129 | Yatziri | 52 |
| #3,210 | Yetzali | 50 |
| #3,248 | Yolanda | 49 |
| #3,295 | Yulissa | 48 |
| #3,341 | Yalani | 47 |
| #3,384 | Yumna | 46 |
| #3,456 | Ysabella | 45 |
| #3,514 | Yeimy | 44 |
| #3,573 | Yohana | 43 |
| #3,900 | Yadira | 38 |
| #3,901 | Yohanna | 38 |
| #3,971 | Yailin | 37 |
| #3,972 | Yashvi | 37 |
| #4,064 | Yaretzy | 36 |
| #4,065 | Yulieth | 36 |
| #4,167 | Yari | 35 |
| #4,348 | Yamila | 33 |
| #4,349 | Yazmine | 33 |
Ranks are overall positions among all 2025 girl names, so gaps between rows are real. For a random shortlist, spin Y girl names in the generator, or scan the full top 100 girl names.
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Boy names for this letter: boy names starting with Y.
Source: every name, rank, and count on this page comes from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names dataset (2025 data, from Social Security card applications). It is public-domain U.S. government data; names given fewer than 5 times in a year are excluded by the SSA, spelling variants are counted separately, and the data covers U.S. births only. Full caveats on the methodology page.