Given name & surname
Yaser
“one who is wealthy and prosperous”
Yaser is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is wealthy and prosperous.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is wealthy and prosperous.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yaser through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 496
- 496 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #5,385 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,385 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,243 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yaser’s family of names
Yaser has a related form in Yasir. Yaser has a related form in Yasera. Yaser has a related form in Yaseria.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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