Recorded 2004–2019 Girls' name Peak 2012 40 births

Yasirah — girls' name

40 babies named Yasirah in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s82010s32
2010s
Peak decade

80% of everyone ever named Yasirah was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

10 babies were named Yasirah in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yasirah

The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Yasirah between 2004 and 2019, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yasirah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yasirah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yasirah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yasirah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yasirah 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 40 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.

Yasirah at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

40

Since 2004

16 years of records

Peak year

2012

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

2004

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2019

Yasirah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2004

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2012)
10
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
4681012 201920152012201120102004 8

Yasirah by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
32 births that decade — 80% of Yasirah's all-time total
2000s82010s32

Yasirah by state

Where Yasirah concentrates geographically — total births since 2004

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Yasirah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Pennsylvania
5 12.5%
Pennsylvania share of Yasirah's total US births 12.5%

5 of 40 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yasirah?
40 babies have been named Yasirah since 2004. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2012 with 10 births.
When was Yasirah most popular?
Yasirah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 32 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
Where is Yasirah most popular?
The top states for the name Yasirah are Pennsylvania (5 births).
How long has the name Yasirah been used?
Yasirah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2004, spanning 16 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Yasirah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yasmin, Yasmine, Yasmeen, Yasmina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2004–2019 (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.