Girls' name · since 1949
Yadira
Since 1949, U.S. Social Security records show 12,815 babies named Yadira, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #1,434 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,843 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,815
- born since 1949
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yadira currently ranks #3843 among girls' names in America, with 12,815 babies recorded since 1949.
Yadira has 12,815 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3843 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2025.
- #1,434 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,843 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,815 born since 1949
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yadira ranks #1,434 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,843 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,815 born since 1949, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,434 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,843 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,815
- born since 1949
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yadira's 12,815 recorded births place it above 98.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yadira compares
12,815 Top 8% higher than 92% of 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
Yadira's all-time total is 34x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yadira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,815 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 593 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yadira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yadira's full recorded timeline at 1991, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1949, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 593 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yadira popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 593
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Yadira popularity over time - boys
23 total births recorded since 1987 (Yadira as boys' name)
Yadira by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (4,345 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Yadira's strongest decade.
4,345 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Yadira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 25
1950s
25 births
- 1960s 112
1960s
112 births
- 1970s 1,130
1970s
1,130 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,240 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,512 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,345 births
- 2010s 1,164
2010s
1,164 births
- 2020s 282
2020s
282 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 4,345 births (34% of all-time use).
How Yadira compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yadira's total volume
Yadira by state
Where Yadira concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,750 | 37.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,498 | 19.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 763 | 6.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 696 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 399 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 380 | 3.0% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 193 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Washington | | 191 | 1.5% |
4,750 of 12,815 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Yadira appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Yadira's data
- Yadira's decade-level peak was the 2000s (4,345 total births); usage has since declined to 282 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yadiras (4,750 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yadira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~76 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, 1949–2025 (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 Yadira 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.