Girls' name · since 1996
Yarah
361 babies named Yarah in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,410 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,944 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 361
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
361 babies have been named Yarah since 1996, making it today's #4944 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Yarah recorded 361 times among girls since 1996, holding rank #4944 nationally today, ahead of 71% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #14,410 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,944 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 361 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yarah ranks #14,410 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,944 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 361 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,410 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,944 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 361
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yarah's 361 recorded births place it above 80.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Yarah compares
361 49th percentile among 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
Yarah's all-time total is 4% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yarah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 361 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yarah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yarah's full recorded timeline at 2012, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yarah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Yarah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (142 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Yarah's strongest decade.
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Yarah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
77 births
- 2010s
2010s
132 births
- 2020s
2020s
142 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 142 births (39% of all-time use).
Yarah by state
Where Yarah concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 6 | 1.7% |
6 of 361 births nationwide.
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- Florida records the most Yarahs (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yarah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
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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, 1996–2025 (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 Yarah 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.