Yaqeen
Yaqeen is generally translated as "certainty", and is considered the summit of the many stations by which the path of walaya is fully completed. This is the repository of liberating experience in Islam.
Meaning & Origin of Yaqeen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yaqeen is generally translated as "certainty", and is considered the summit of the many stations by which the path of walaya is fully completed. This is the repository of liberating experience in Islam.
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The Story of Yaqeen
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Yaqeen as a girl name dates back to 2012, when 5 babies received it. 2023 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Yaqeen — #8,980 in the national rankings. About 61% of every Yaqeen on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Yaqeen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 49 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Yaqeen as a boy name dates back to 2016, when 5 babies received it. 2024 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Yaqeen — #7,224 in the national rankings. About 77% of every Yaqeen on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Yaqeen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 11 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 22 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Yaqeen
Yaqeen is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2012 and has accumulated 49 births in the dataset. Yaqeen's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #8,980. Use the chart and map above to compare Yaqeen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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