Girls' name · since 1982
Yusra
Yusra has 2,859 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,710 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,021 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,859
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yusra is the #1021 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,859 recorded since 1982.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yusra has been recorded 2,859 times among girls since 1982, currently ranked #1021 nationally and more common than 94% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #3,710 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,021 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,859 born since 1982
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yusra ranks #3,710 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,021 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,859 born since 1982, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,710 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,021 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,859
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yusra's 2,859 recorded births place it above 94.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yusra compares
2,859 Top 19% higher than 81% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Yusra's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yusra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,859 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 273 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yusra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yusra's full recorded timeline at 2005, 87% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 13% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 273 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yusra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 273
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Yusra by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,267 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Yusra's strongest decade.
1,267 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Yusra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 45
1980s
45 births
- 1990s 128
1990s
128 births
- 2000s 442
2000s
442 births
- 2010s
2010s
977 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,267 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,267 births (44% of all-time use).
How Yusra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yusra's total volume
Yusra by state
Where Yusra concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 304 | 10.6% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 284 | 9.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 266 | 9.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 208 | 7.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 170 | 5.9% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 138 | 4.8% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 79 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 79 | 2.8% |
304 of 2,859 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Yusra appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Yusras (304 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yusra: 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 (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Yusra 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.