try this array formula ( confirm by Ctrl, Shift, Enter )

=COUNT(IF($A$2:$A$6="X",IF($B$2:$B$6="Y",1)))

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"Help with Countif(and" wrote:

I'm trying count how many times the value from one cell equals those cells in
a defined range and another cells equals the values in another defined range.

So I want to count the number of occurences where the a cell in column A="X"
and the cell in column B in the same row = "Y".