Yamira — #15658 US girls' name
184 babies named Yamira in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to girls today.
24% of everyone ever named Yamira was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Yamira in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yamira
The Social Security Administration has registered 184 babies named Yamira between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yamira currently holds the #15658 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yamira performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Yamira 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 Yamira in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yamira 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 184 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.
Yamira at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yamira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2008)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #15658 among girls.
184 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 9 births in a single year.
Yamira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 45 births that decade — 24% of Yamira's all-time total
Yamira decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Yamira's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Yamira by state
Where Yamira concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 3.3% |
6 of 184 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1970–2024 (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.