Yassin
How to say it: yah-SEEN · /jɑˈsin/
From Arabic Yasin, name of 36th Quran chapter - meaning debated, widely used in Muslim world.
Yassin was the 615th most popular boys’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 47 babies (Social Security Administration). Its busiest decade was the 2010s, its births are up about 26% in ten years, and it is projected to rise to #566 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 | #615 |
|---|---|
| Babies born in 2025 | 47 |
| Share of births | 1 in 7,819 |
| Peak decade | 2010s |
| Change over 10 years | +26% |
| Projected rank for 2030 (estimate) | #566 |
| In France, 2025 | #334 among boys’ names, 85 births |
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France). How we compute these figures.
Its life, decade by decade
Yassin 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 Yassin is about under 1 in 200.
Around the world
This spelling is used in Arabic, English, French.
In France: #334 for boys in 2025.
Famous people named Yassin
- Yassin Fortuné (born 1999)Haitian-French association football player
- Yassin Mikari (born 1983)Tunisian association football player
- Yassin al-Haj Saleh (born 1961)Syrian writer and political dissident
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