Yehia
Yehia or Yehya is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:Yehia Chahine (1917–1994), Egyptian film producer and an actor of film and theater Yehia El-Fakharany, Egyptian actor Yehia El-Mashad (1932–1980), Egyptian atomic scientist assassinated in Paris Yehia Hakki (1905–1992), one of the pioneers of the modern literary movement in Egypt Mohamed Yehia Zakaria, pioneer of…
Meaning & Origin of Yehia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yehia or Yehya is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:Yehia Chahine (1917–1994), Egyptian film producer and an actor of film and theater Yehia El-Fakharany, Egyptian actor Yehia El-Mashad (1932–1980), Egyptian atomic scientist assassinated in Paris Yehia Hakki (1905–1992), one of the pioneers of the modern literary movement in Egypt Mohamed Yehia Zakaria, pioneer of…
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The Story of Yehia
Yehia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1999, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 20 Yehias were born — ranking #4,881 that year. As of 2026, Yehia ranks #6,992 for baby boys with 11 births, gradually rising (+7%). In total, more than 172 Yehias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Yehia
Yehia is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 172 births in the dataset. Yehia's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #4,881. Use the chart and map above to compare Yehia'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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