Yakira — #4407 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Yakira

The Social Security Administration has registered 964 babies named Yakira between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yakira currently holds the #4407 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yakira performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 319 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Yakira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 101 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Yakira in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yakira 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 964 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.