Yaro — boys' name
25 babies named Yaro in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
76% of everyone ever named Yaro was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Yaro in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yaro
The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Yaro between 1912 and 1920, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yaro currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1920. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yaro performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yaro shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yaro in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yaro 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 25 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.
Yaro at a glance
Last recorded 1920Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yaro popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1912
- Peak year (1918)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1920.
25 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 7 births in a single year.
Yaro by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 19 births that decade — 76% of Yaro's all-time total
Yaro decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Yaro's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
Yaro by state
Where Yaro concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 24 | 96.0% |
24 of 25 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 96.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 96.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1912–1920 (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.