Fun Facts About the Name Yaseer
- 67 babies named Yaseer: U.S. records list 67 babies given the name Yaseer from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Yaseer Mean?
Yaseer is an Arabic masculine name meaning "ease" or "prosperity." It comes from the Arabic root y-s-r, which has to do with ease, facility, and plenty. The common Arabic form behind this spelling is Yāsir (ياسر), a name from that root. Related words include yusr (يُسْر), "ease," and yasīr (يَسِير), "easy" or "little." In English, Yaseer is usually a variant spelling of Yasir or Yasser, not a separate name with a different meaning.
Yaseer Name History & Origins
The Arabic name Yāsir is associated with early Islamic history. In Islamic tradition, Yasir ibn Amir, the father of Ammar ibn Yasir, was among the early converts in Mecca, and accounts of the persecution of him and his family are well known. Because Arabic writing normally does not mark short vowels, the name has been rendered in English in several ways: Yasir, Yasser, Yaser, and Yaseer. The spelling Yaseer is one of several Latin-alphabet renderings of the Arabic name; its history is the history of the Arabic name it represents. The name is used in the Arab world and in Muslim communities in South Asia, Turkey, and other regions, where local languages give it their own pronunciation and spelling.
How Popular is the Name Yaseer?
Yaseer has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #8,263 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,674 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #14,145 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #12,178 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #8,263 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #9,662 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #13,968 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #9,703 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #10,693 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #14,327 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1999 | #11,568 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Yaseer Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual. You hate bondage in any form. You have love of beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You are willing to take spiritual matters on faith instead of subjecting them to mental analysis. You are inventive, intuitive and extremely methodical. Since your will is so strong, you are hard to convince. You also dislike advice. You love beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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