Yajaira — #4394 US girls' name
5,641 babies named Yajaira 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 75% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Yajaira was born in this single decade.
231 babies were named Yajaira in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yajaira
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,641 babies named Yajaira between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yajaira currently holds the #4394 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 231 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yajaira performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,804 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Yajaira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,794 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Yajaira in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yajaira 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 5,641 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.
Yajaira at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Yajaira popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (2005)
- 231
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #4394 among girls.
5,641 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 231 births in a single year.
Yajaira popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1994 (Yajaira as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Yajaira accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Yajaira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,804 births that decade — 32% of Yajaira's all-time total
Yajaira decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,804 births
- Runner-up 1,773 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Yajaira's strongest decade
1,804 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Yajaira by state
Where Yajaira concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,794 | 31.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,057 | 18.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 472 | 8.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 284 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 188 | 3.3% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 153 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Florida | | 127 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 54 | 1.0% |
1,794 of 5,641 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 31.8% of nationwide
- Texas 18.7% of nationwide
- New York 8.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.0% of nationwide
- Arizona 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 31.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Yajaira appears in 22 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.