Yacine
How to say it: ya-SEEN · /jaˈsin/
Arabic from Ya-Sin, opening of Quran's 36th sura - very popular in North Africa as Yacine.
Yacine was the 7,836th most popular boys’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 0 babies (Social Security Administration). Its busiest decade was the 2010s, its births are down about 72% in ten years, and it is projected to slip to #8,636 by 2030.
Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · Insee 2025 data, published July 2026 · How we compute these figures
Key facts
| Rank among boys’ names, 2025 | #7,836 |
|---|---|
| Babies born in 2025 | 0 |
| Share of births | 1 in 368,371 |
| Peak decade | 2010s |
| Change over 10 years | −72% |
| Projected rank for 2030 (estimate) | #8,636 |
| In France, 2025 | #122 among boys’ names, 165 births |
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France). How we compute these figures.
Its life, decade by decade
Yacine is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.
What goes with it
In the classroom
In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Yacine is about under 1 in 200.
Around the world
This spelling is used in Arabic, English, French.
In France: #122 for boys in 2025.
Famous people named Yacine
- Yacine Brahimi (born 1990)Algerian and French footballer
- Yacine Adli (born 2000)French and Algerian footballer
- Yacine Kateb (1929–1989)Algerian writer
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