Given name & surname

Yasmine

“resembling the jasmine flower”

Yasmine is used as a given name and a surname. One Persian interpretation is “resembling the jasmine flower.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Persian interpretation is “resembling the jasmine flower.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Persian.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Yasmine through the years

Babies since 1880
13,806
5 boys · 13,801 girls
Most popular year
1999
701 babies
2025
196
#1,185 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+7%
Steady
01002003004001960198020002025Highest share 1999122
Yasmine in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1951–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Where it’s given

Most at home inNew York, Texas, California
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: New York (21), Texas (23), California (20).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 196 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,185 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 701 in 1999. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (23). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,356 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.

Yasmine’s family of names

In English usage, Yasmine has a related form in Jasmine. Yasmine has a related form in Yasmin. Yasmine has a related form in Yazmin.

Walk Yasmine’s family in the name graph

YasmineJasmineYasminYazminYasmeenYasminaYazmineYazmeenYazmynYesminYaseminYasmenYazminaYasmeenaYesmeenJazminJazmineJasminJasmynGelsominaJázminJasmínJazmínJaśminagessamí

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Yasmine has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Persian roots to each of them.

Persian

2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Appears in

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