Yasir
Yasser is an Arabic male name meaning "to be of ease" or "of wealth".
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Yasir
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yasser is an Arabic male name meaning "to be of ease" or "of wealth".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Yasir
Yasir first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1974, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 205 Yasirs were born — ranking #1,013 that year. As of 2026, Yasir ranks #1,100 for baby boys with 197 births, rising sharply (+24% over the past five years). In total, more than 3K Yasirs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Yasir
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Names that sound like Yasir
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About the name Yasir
Yasir is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Yasir's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #1,013. Use the chart and map above to compare Yasir'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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