Girls' name · since 2000
Iyari
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 239 babies named Iyari, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,035 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,198 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 239
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
239 babies have been named Iyari since 2000, making it today's #5198 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iyari has been recorded 239 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #5198 nationally and more common than 70% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #18,035 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,198 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 239 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iyari ranks #18,035 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,198 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 239 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,035 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,198 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 239
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Iyari's 239 recorded births place it above 75.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Iyari compares
239 40th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Iyari's all-time total is 36% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Iyari | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 239 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Iyari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Iyari's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Iyari popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #5198 among girls.
239 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 28 births in a single year.
Iyari popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2009 (Iyari as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Iyari accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Iyari by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (98 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Iyari's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Iyari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
89 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s
2020s
98 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 98 births (41% of all-time use).
Iyari decade highlights
- Peak decade 98 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Iyari by state
Where Iyari concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 44 | 18.4% |
44 of 239 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 18.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.4% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- California records the most Iyaris (44 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Iyari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Iyari draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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