Girls' name · since 1973
Yahaira
5,176 babies named Yahaira in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,508 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,905 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,176
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yahaira is the #4905 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 5,176 recorded since 1973.
Yahaira has 5,176 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4905 as of the latest data, more common than 72% 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 1973 to 2025.
- #2,508 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,905 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,176 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yahaira ranks #2,508 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,905 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,176 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,508 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,905 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,176
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yahaira's 5,176 recorded births place it above 96.53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yahaira compares
5,176 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Yahaira's all-time total is 14x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yahaira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,176 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 311 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yahaira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yahaira's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 15 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 311, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yahaira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 311
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Yahaira by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,192 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Yahaira's strongest decade.
2,192 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Yahaira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 232
1970s
232 births
- 1980s 643
1980s
643 births
- 1990s
1990s
992 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,192 births
- 2010s
2010s
892 births
- 2020s 225
2020s
225 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,192 births (42% of all-time use).
How Yahaira 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 Yahaira's total volume
Yahaira by state
Where Yahaira concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,389 | 26.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 916 | 17.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 550 | 10.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 279 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 160 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 120 | 2.3% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 120 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 81 | 1.6% |
1,389 of 5,176 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Yahaira appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Yahaira's data
- Yahaira's decade-level peak was the 2000s (2,192 total births); usage has since declined to 225 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yahairas (1,389 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yahaira: 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 (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Yahaira 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.