Recorded 1984–2022 Boys' name Peak 2014 133 births

Yashar — boys' name

133 babies named Yashar in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s221990s222000s292010s422020s18
2010s
Peak decade

32% of everyone ever named Yashar was born in this single decade.

2014
Single peak year

9 babies were named Yashar in 2014 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yashar

The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Yashar between 1984 and 2022, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yashar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yashar performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Yashar shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yashar 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 133 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.

Yashar at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

133

Since 1984

39 years of records

Peak year

2014

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1984

Recorded for 39 years

Last year on file: 2022

Yashar popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1984

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2014)
9
Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
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Yashar by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
42 births that decade — 32% of Yashar's all-time total
1980s221990s222000s292010s422020s18

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yashar?
133 babies have been named Yashar since 1984. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2014 with 9 births.
When was Yashar most popular?
Yashar was most popular in the 2010s decade with 42 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Yashar been used?
Yashar has been recorded in Social Security data since 1984, spanning 39 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Yashar?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yaseen, Yasir, Yash, Yasin, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1984–2022 (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.