Boys' name · since 2014
Yerai
Since 2014, U.S. Social Security records show 47 babies named Yerai, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,678 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,589 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 47
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yerai currently ranks #11589 among boys' names in America, with 47 babies recorded since 2014.
Social Security Administration records show Yerai recorded 47 times among boys since 2014, holding rank #11589 nationally today, ahead of 17% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #22,678 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,589 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 47 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yerai ranks #22,678 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,589 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 47 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,678 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,589 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 47
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yerai's 47 recorded births place it above 50.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Yerai compares
47 16th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Yerai's all-time total is 87% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yerai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 47 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yerai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yerai's full recorded timeline at 2023, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yerai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Yerai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (39 births, 83% of the file).
2020s was Yerai's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Yerai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 39 births (83% of all-time use).
Yerai by state
Where Yerai concentrates geographically, total births since 2014
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 10.6% |
5 of 47 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Yerais (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Yerai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~11 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, 2014–2025 (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 Yerai 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.