# Yash (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yash/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “fame”, “glory” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,764 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,764 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 896, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यश (yaśa, “fame, glory”).

## What it means

Yash is grouped under famous.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 85 | 1,737 |
| 2012 | 99 | 1,598 |
| 2013 | 67 | 2,042 |
| 2014 | 72 | 1,998 |
| 2015 | 64 | 2,166 |
| 2016 | 73 | 1,990 |
| 2017 | 64 | 2,153 |
| 2018 | 53 | 2,471 |
| 2019 | 77 | 1,934 |
| 2020 | 48 | 2,654 |
| 2021 | 57 | 2,409 |
| 2022 | 66 | 2,216 |
| 2023 | 63 | 2,274 |
| 2024 | 72 | 2,096 |
| 2025 | 49 | 2,675 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36 | 831 |
| 2012 | 36 | 852 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,024 |
| 2014 | 30 | 959 |
| 2015 | 37 | 833 |
| 2016 | 31 | 946 |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,097 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,273 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 33 | 929 |
| 2024 | 34 | 924 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,359 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: यश

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.