Yaara — girls' name
67 babies named Yaara in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Yaara was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Yaara in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yaara
The Social Security Administration has registered 67 babies named Yaara between 2010 and 2023, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yaara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yaara performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yaara shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yaara in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 67 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Yaara at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yaara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2010
- Peak year (2016)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
67 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 11 births in a single year.
Yaara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 36 births that decade — 54% of Yaara's all-time total
Yaara decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Yaara's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2010–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.