# Yasser (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yasser/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | “merciful” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈjæsər/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,219 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,219 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 401, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَاسِر (yāsir, “merciful”).

## 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 | 30 | 3,600 |
| 2012 | 45 | 2,713 |
| 2013 | 49 | 2,525 |
| 2014 | 41 | 2,883 |
| 2015 | 44 | 2,764 |
| 2016 | 61 | 2,227 |
| 2017 | 60 | 2,239 |
| 2018 | 42 | 2,891 |
| 2019 | 57 | 2,392 |
| 2020 | 41 | 2,923 |
| 2021 | 36 | 3,292 |
| 2022 | 61 | 2,351 |
| 2023 | 52 | 2,574 |
| 2024 | 44 | 2,910 |
| 2025 | 47 | 2,763 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,869 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,290 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,466 |

## People named Yasser

- Yasser Triki, Algerian athlete
- Yasser Larouci, Algerian association football player
- Ahmed Yasser Rayyan, Egyptian association football player
- Yasir ibn Amir al-Ansi, Companion (Sahabi) of Muhammad, and father of Ammar

## 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.