Girls' name · since 2004
Yasirah
Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 40 babies named Yasirah, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #37,724 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yasirah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 40 have been recorded since 2004.
Yasirah has 40 recorded births among girls since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2019.
- #37,724 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 40 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yasirah ranks #37,724 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #37,724 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yasirah's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
Yasirah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yasirah splits its recorded history at 2012: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yasirah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2019
- Peak year (2012)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Yasirah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (32 births, 80% of the file).
2010s was Yasirah's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Yasirah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 8
2000s
8 births
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 32 births (80% of all-time use).
Yasirah by state
Where Yasirah concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 12.5% |
5 of 40 births nationwide.
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- Pennsylvania records the most Yasirahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yasirah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2004–2019 (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 Yasirah 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.