Recorded 1978–2014 Girls' name Peak 2004 195 births

Yajahira — girls' name

195 babies named Yajahira in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s51980s191990s592000s1022010s10
2000s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Yajahira was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

16 babies were named Yajahira in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yajahira

The Social Security Administration has registered 195 babies named Yajahira between 1978 and 2014, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yajahira currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yajahira performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Yajahira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yajahira in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yajahira 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 195 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.

Yajahira at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

195

Since 1978

37 years of records

Peak year

2004

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1978

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 2014

Yajahira popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1978

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2004)
16
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
05101520 201420082005200219991995199219811978 5

Yajahira by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
102 births that decade — 52% of Yajahira's all-time total
1970s51980s191990s592000s1022010s10

Yajahira by state

Where Yajahira concentrates geographically — total births since 1978

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Yajahira
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
6 3.1%
California share of Yajahira's total US births 3.1%

6 of 195 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yajahira?
195 babies have been named Yajahira since 1978. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2004 with 16 births.
When was Yajahira most popular?
Yajahira was most popular in the 2000s decade with 102 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Yajahira most popular?
The top states for the name Yajahira are California (6 births).
How long has the name Yajahira been used?
Yajahira has been recorded in Social Security data since 1978, spanning 37 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Yajahira?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yajaira, Yajayra, Yajaida. 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, 1978–2014 (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.