Yahaira — #4799 US girls' name
5,149 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.
More common than 73% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Yahaira was born in this single decade.
311 babies were named Yahaira in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yahaira
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,149 babies named Yahaira between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yahaira currently holds the #4799 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 311 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yahaira performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Yahaira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,384 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Yahaira in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yahaira 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 5,149 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.
Yahaira at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yahaira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (2005)
- 311
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #4799 among girls.
5,149 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 311 births in a single year.
Yahaira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,192 births that decade — 43% of Yahaira's all-time total
Yahaira decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,192 births
- Runner-up 992 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Yahaira's strongest decade
2,192 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Yahaira by state
Where Yahaira concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,384 | 26.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 911 | 17.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 550 | 10.7% |
| #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% |
1,384 of 5,149 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 26.9% of nationwide
- Texas 17.7% of nationwide
- New York 10.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.4% of nationwide
- Arizona 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 26.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Yahaira appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1973–2024 (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.