How Many People Are Named Yaser?
An estimated 469 people in the United States have the first name Yaser. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 21 years old, and Yaser peaked in popularity in 2016 with 23 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yaser as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Yaser paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
469
About 1 in 730,819 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
21
years old
Peak Year
2016
23 births
Total Registered
478
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yaser
Yaser is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 478 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Yaser as a male name
Ranked #5,863 in 2024
16 male births in 2024
Peak: 2016 (23 births)
Yaser: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yaser span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 140 babies were registered. While Yaser is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Yaser by Decade
How has Yaser tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Yaser by State
Yaser + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yaser as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Yaser
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
Yaser: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yaser?
We estimate approximately 469 people named Yaser are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 730,819 Americans share this first name.
Is Yaser a common name?
Yaser is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 84% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 478 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yaser most popular?
Yaser reached peak popularity in 2016, when 23 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yaser is approximately 21 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yaser a male name?
Yaser is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yaser Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yaser Smith, Yaser Johnson, Yaser Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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