Girls' name · since 2008
Yamara
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 22 babies named Yamara, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #45,106 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yamara sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 22 recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yamara has been recorded 22 times among girls since 2008, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2024.
- #45,106 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yamara ranks #45,106 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #45,106 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yamara's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Yamara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yamara's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yamara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2024
- Peak year (2021)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Yamara by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (17 births, 77% of the file).
2020s was Yamara's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Yamara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 17 births (77% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yamara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2008–2024 (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 Yamara 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.