Recorded 1993–2022 Girls' name Peak 2010 254 births

Yeira — girls' name

254 babies named Yeira in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s212000s1282010s932020s12
2000s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Yeira was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

23 babies were named Yeira in 2010 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yeira

The Social Security Administration has registered 254 babies named Yeira between 1993 and 2022, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yeira currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yeira performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Yeira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yeira in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yeira 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 254 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.

Yeira at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

254

Since 1993

30 years of records

Peak year

2010

23 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1993

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2022

Yeira popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1993

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2010)
23
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
510152025 20222015201220092006200320001993 6

Yeira by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
128 births that decade — 50% of Yeira's all-time total
1990s212000s1282010s932020s12

Yeira by state

Where Yeira concentrates geographically — total births since 1993

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Yeira
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
18 7.1%
California share of Yeira's total US births 7.1%

18 of 254 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yeira?
254 babies have been named Yeira since 1993. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2010 with 23 births.
When was Yeira most popular?
Yeira was most popular in the 2000s decade with 128 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
Where is Yeira most popular?
The top states for the name Yeira are California (18 births).
How long has the name Yeira been used?
Yeira has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 30 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Yeira?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yeimi, Yeimy, Yeilin, Yeilyn, 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, 1993–2022 (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.