Girls' name · since 1973
Yahira
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 486 babies named Yahira, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,069 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 486
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yahira sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 486 recorded since 1973.
Yahira has 486 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 2024.
- #12,069 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 486 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yahira ranks #12,069 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 486 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,069 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 486
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yahira's 486 recorded births place it above 83.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
Yahira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yahira splits its recorded history at 1998: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 38 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yahira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2024
- Peak year (2007)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Yahira by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (240 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Yahira's strongest decade.
240 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Yahira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
104 births
- 1990s 52
1990s
52 births
- 2000s
2000s
240 births
- 2010s 50
2010s
50 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 240 births (49% of all-time use).
Yahira by state
Where Yahira concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 46 | 9.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 42 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 13 | 2.7% |
46 of 486 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Yahira's decade-level peak was the 2000s (240 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yahiras (46 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 Yahira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1973–2024 (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 Yahira 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.