Recorded 1980–2017 Girls' name Peak 2008 176 births

Yamaris — girls' name

176 babies named Yamaris in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s231990s322000s872010s34
2000s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Yamaris was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

14 babies were named Yamaris in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yamaris

The Social Security Administration has registered 176 babies named Yamaris between 1980 and 2017, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yamaris currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yamaris performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Yamaris shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yamaris in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yamaris 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 176 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.

Yamaris at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

176

Since 1980

38 years of records

Peak year

2008

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1980

Recorded for 38 years

Last year on file: 2017

Yamaris popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1980

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2008)
14
Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
46810121416 201720112008200520021997199119851980 8

Yamaris by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
87 births that decade — 49% of Yamaris's all-time total
1980s231990s322000s872010s34

Yamaris by state

Where Yamaris concentrates geographically — total births since 1980

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Yamaris
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
6 3.4%
New York share of Yamaris's total US births 3.4%

6 of 176 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yamaris?
176 babies have been named Yamaris since 1980. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2008 with 14 births.
When was Yamaris most popular?
Yamaris was most popular in the 2000s decade with 87 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Yamaris most popular?
The top states for the name Yamaris are New York (6 births).
How long has the name Yamaris been used?
Yamaris has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 38 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Yamaris?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yamileth, Yamilet, Yamile, Yamilex, 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, 1980–2017 (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.