Yara

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Yara is ranked 578th among girls in 2024 (519 births). Its best rank was 572nd, in 2022.

Rank in 2024: #578up 35 from 2023
Births in 2024: 5190.03% of girls
Peak year: 2022525 births
Best rank: #572in 2022
Since 1969: 6,945people given the name

Babies named Yara, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

6,945 girls have been named Yara in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 525 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2020s alone account for 35%. It has spent 8 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Yara
1960s	6
1970s	122
1980s	299
1990s	443
2000s	1,240
2010s	2,411
2020s	2,424

In 2022, its biggest year

Yara was the 572nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Yara

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.