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
Yaqeen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2012, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 11 Yaqeens were born — ranking #8,980 that year. As of 2026, Yaqeen ranks #13,427 for girls with 6 births, holding steady (+0%). In total, more than 49 Yaqeens have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Yaqeen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2016, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2024, when 11 Yaqeens were born — ranking #7,224 that year. As of 2026, Yaqeen ranks #7,224 for boys with 11 births, with steady use. In total, more than 22 Yaqeens have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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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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