Yaman
2025 SSA
About Yaman
Predominantly used in Turkey, Yaman is a strong and virtuous choice, conveying a range of good qualities, from bravery and dauntlessness, to strength and intelligence, to respectability and skillfulness. Appearing in the UK Top 1000 for the first time in 2025, it also made its debut to the charts in the Netherlands the same year. In Turkey, it's been in the Top 100 since 2018.
Interestingly, despite deriving from same Proto-Turkic root as the name, yaman can also mean "wicked, evil, malicious" in Azerbaijani. In Turkish, however, this is now a dated, dialectal meaning, and it is better associated with strength, skill, and efficiency.
Another interesting thing about the name: in Arabic, Indonesian, and Malay, Yaman may also refer to Yemen, or some one from the West Asian country.
A notable bearer is Turkish actor, Can Yaman.
Pronounced YAH-mahn.
As of October 2026, Yaman ranked #1698 for boys in US births in 2025 SSA.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | #3,489 | 33 | 18.4 |
| 2020 | #4,692 | 21 | 12.2 |
| 2021 | #4,618 | 22 | 12.6 |
| 2022 | #3,983 | 28 | 16 |
| 2023 | #3,992 | 28 | 16.4 |
| 2024 | #2,088 | 72 | 41.8 |
| 2025 | #1,698 | 97 | 56.8 |