Unisex name · since 2021
Ymir
Ymir has 60 recorded births since 2021 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,942 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,429 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 60
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
60 babies have been named Ymir since 2021, making it today's #6429 unisex name.
Ymir has 60 recorded births among boys since 2021, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6429 as of the latest data, more common than 54% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.
- #20,942 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,429 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 60 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ymir ranks #20,942 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,429 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 60 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,942 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,429 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 60
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ymir's 60 recorded births place it above 53.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ymir compares
60 19th 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
Ymir's all-time total is 84% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ymir | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 60 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ymir's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ymir splits its recorded history at 2023: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2021 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ymir popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Ymir popularity over time - girls
19 total births recorded since 2021 (Ymir as girls' name)
Ymir by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (60 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Ymir's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ymir births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 60 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ymir: 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 (~4 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, 2021–2025 (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 Ymir 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.