Unisex name · since 1972
Yarrow
Yarrow has 91 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1976 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,244 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,322 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 91
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yarrow currently ranks #15322 among unisex names in America, with 91 babies recorded since 1972.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yarrow has been recorded 91 times among girls since 1972, currently ranked #15322 nationally and more common than 11% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #28,244 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,322 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 91 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yarrow ranks #28,244 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,322 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 91 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #28,244 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,322 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 91
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yarrow's 91 recorded births place it above 60.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Yarrow compares
91 23rd 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
Yarrow's all-time total is 76% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yarrow | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 91 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yarrow's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yarrow's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1976 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yarrow popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (1976)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Yarrow popularity over time - boys
61 total births recorded since 1973 (Yarrow as boys' name)
Yarrow by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (43 births, 47% of the file).
1970s was Yarrow's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Yarrow births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
43 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 43 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Yarrow's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (43 total births) through the 2020s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yarrow: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Yarrow 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.