Yasmin
Yasmin was the 959th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 269 babies. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked 324th with 1,018 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 27 places. More babies were named Yasmin in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning jasmine · Arabic, Persian
Say it YAZ-min /ˈjæzmɪn/
- Rank in 2025
- #959 girls, up 21 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 269girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20061,018 babies
- Total since 1880
- 21,827babies recorded
What does the name Yasmin mean?
Yasmin is the Arabic and Persian name of the jasmine flower (Arabic yāsamīn, from Persian yāsaman), and Wiktionary describes it as a variant of Jasmine that often reflects the Arabic and Persian names directly. The English word jasmine came from the same source through French. It is popular across the Middle East and in Britain, where Yasmin and Yasmine are common spellings.
يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn) (Arabic, “jasmine”)یاسمن (yāsaman) (Persian, “jasmine”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Jasmine, Yasmine, Jazmin.
See also: Persian names, names that mean flower.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Yasmin', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'jasmine' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Yasmin popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 80 since 1984.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #959 | 269 |
| 2020 | #980 | 261 |
| 2010 | #583 | 504 |
| 2000 | #423 | 668 |
| 1990 | #674 | 319 |
| 1980 | #1,094 | 128 |
| 1970 | #1,826 | 49 |
| 1960 | #1,636 | 48 |
| 1950 | #5,295 | 6 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Yasmin, counting every spelling?
Yasmin is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #434 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #959 for Yasmin on its own. Together these spellings went to 756 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yasmin | 269 | #959 | 1,419 |
| Yasmine | 196 | #1,185 | 870 |
| Yazmin | 126 | #1,651 | 613 |
| Yasmeen | 121 | #1,701 | 515 |
| Yazmine | 33 | #4,349 | 169 |
| Yazmyn | 5 | #17,191 | 39 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Yasmin?
269 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Yasmin (0.07 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Yasmin born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 31 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Yasmin.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Yasmin?
About 21,300 people born in the US named Yasmin are alive today, with a median age of 23; half are between 17 and 31. That makes Yasmin mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Yasmin by state
How common Yasmin was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Massachusetts (2.5×), Minnesota (2.5×), Maryland (1.9×), Michigan (1.6×), Washington (1.6×). In 27 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Yasmin: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Yasmin, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Yasmin · Sibling names for Yasmin
Questions about the name Yasmin
What does Yasmin mean?
Yasmin means “jasmine” (Arabic, Persian origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Yasmin?
Yasmin was the 959th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 269 babies. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked 324th with 1,018 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 27 places. More babies were named Yasmin in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Yasmin a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Yasmin in the US.
Where is Yasmin most popular?
In 2021–2025, Yasmin was most common in Massachusetts (0.45 per 1,000 girls), followed by Minnesota and Maryland.