Yasser
Yasser is an Arabic male name meaning "to be of ease" or "of wealth".
- Arabic
- Persian
Meaning & Origin of Yasser
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
- Persian
The Story of Yasser
The earliest SSA record of Yasser as a baby boy name dates back to 1975, when 5 babies received it. 2016 was its biggest year on record, with 61 newborns named Yasser — #2,207 in the national rankings. About 36% of every Yasser on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Yasser ranks #2,617 for baby boys with 51 births, gradually rising (+9%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Yasser
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Yasser. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Yasser
Yasser is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Yasser's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #2,207. Use the chart and map above to compare Yasser'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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