Yanira — #5313 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Yanira

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,283 babies named Yanira between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yanira currently holds the #5313 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 123 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yanira performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 921 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Yanira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 973 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Yanira in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yanira 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 3,283 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.