Recorded 2001–2011 Girls' name Peak 2001 506 births

Yaire — girls' name

506 babies named Yaire in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2000s
Peak decade

98% of everyone ever named Yaire was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

184 babies were named Yaire in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yaire

The Social Security Administration has registered 506 babies named Yaire between 2001 and 2011, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yaire currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 184 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yaire performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 495 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yaire shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 118 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Yaire in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yaire 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 506 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.

Yaire at a glance

Last recorded 2011

Total births

506

Since 2001

11 years of records

Peak year

2001

184 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2011

Active since

2001

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 2011

Yaire popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2001

Last recorded 2011
Peak year (2001)
184
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
-50050100150200 20112010200920082007200620052004200320022001 184

Yaire by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
495 births that decade — 98% of Yaire's all-time total
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Yaire by state

Where Yaire concentrates geographically — total births since 2001

Regionally concentrated
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Yaire
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
118 23.3%
#2 Texas
72 14.2%
#3 Arizona
22 4.3%
#4 Illinois
20 4.0%
#5 Florida
19 3.8%
#6 New York
18 3.6%
#7 Georgia
12 2.4%
#8 North Carolina
12 2.4%
California share of Yaire's total US births 23.3%
Even split

118 of 506 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.

Yaire appears in 11 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yaire?
506 babies have been named Yaire since 2001. It was last recorded in 2011. The peak year was 2001 with 184 births.
When was Yaire most popular?
Yaire was most popular in the 2000s decade with 495 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Yaire most popular?
The top states for the name Yaire are California (118 births), Texas (72 births), Arizona (22 births).
How long has the name Yaire been used?
Yaire has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 11 years of data through 2011.
What names are similar to Yaire?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yailin, Yaira, Yaiza, Yailyn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2001–2011 (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.