Unisex name · since 1996
Yari
Yari has 578 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,805 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,141 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 578
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
578 babies have been named Yari since 1996, making it today's #4141 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Yari recorded 578 times among girls since 1996, holding rank #4141 nationally today, ahead of 76% 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.
- #10,805 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,141 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 578 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yari ranks #10,805 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,141 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 578 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,805 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,141 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 578
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yari's 578 recorded births place it above 85.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Yari compares
578 Top 42% higher than 58% 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
Yari's all-time total is 54% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yari | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 578 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 44 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yari's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 44, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yari popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Yari popularity over time - boys
57 total births recorded since 1980 (Yari as boys' name)
Yari by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (210 births, 36% of the file).
2020s was Yari's strongest decade.
210 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Yari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
144 births
- 2010s
2010s
200 births
- 2020s
2020s
210 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 210 births (36% of all-time use).
How Yari 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 Yari's total volume
Yari by state
Where Yari concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 21 | 3.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 16 | 2.8% |
| #3 | California | | 10 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 8 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 7 | 1.2% |
21 of 578 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Georgia records the most Yaris (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Yari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~29 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, 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 Yari 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.