Girls' name · since 1980
Yashira
525 babies named Yashira in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,617 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 525
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yashira is the #13617 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 525 recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yashira has been recorded 525 times among girls since 1980, currently ranked #13617 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #11,495 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,617 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 525 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yashira ranks #11,495 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,617 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 525 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,617 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 525
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yashira's 525 recorded births place it above 84.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Yashira compares
525 Top 44% higher than 56% 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
Yashira's all-time total is 40% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yashira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 525 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yashira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yashira's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 36% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 64%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 31, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yashira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Yashira by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (169 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Yashira's strongest decade.
169 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Yashira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
168 births
- 1990s
1990s
169 births
- 2000s
2000s
101 births
- 2010s 67
2010s
67 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 169 births (32% of all-time use).
How Yashira 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 Yashira's total volume
Yashira by state
Where Yashira concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 83 | 15.8% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 15 | 2.9% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 12 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Connecticut | | 11 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 1.0% |
83 of 525 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Yashira's data
- Yashira's decade-level peak was the 1990s (169 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Yashiras (83 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yashira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Yashira 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.