Girls' name · since 1969
Yara
7,534 babies named Yara in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,973 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #507 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,534
- born since 1969
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yara is the #507 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 7,534 recorded since 1969.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yara has been recorded 7,534 times among girls since 1969, currently ranked #507 nationally and more common than 97% of girls, 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 1969 to 2025.
- #1,973 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #507 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,534 born since 1969
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yara ranks #1,973 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #507 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,534 born since 1969, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,973 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #507 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,534
- born since 1969
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yara's 7,534 recorded births place it above 97.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yara compares
7,534 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yara's all-time total is 20x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,534 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 585 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yara's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 90% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 10%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1969, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 585, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yara popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 585
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Yara popularity over time - boys
31 total births recorded since 2018 (Yara as boys' name)
Yara by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (3,013 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Yara's strongest decade.
3,013 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Yara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 122
1970s
122 births
- 1980s 299
1980s
299 births
- 1990s 443
1990s
443 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,240 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,411 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,013 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 3,013 births (40% of all-time use).
How Yara compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yara's total volume
Yara by state
Where Yara concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,220 | 16.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 763 | 10.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 536 | 7.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 393 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 312 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 310 | 4.1% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 277 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 272 | 3.6% |
1,220 of 7,534 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Yara appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Yaras (1,220 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1969–2025 (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 Yara 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.