How rare is the name Yair?

4,382 people in the United States have the first name Yair, about 1 in 68,925. It ranks #4,320 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

YAIR

#4,320

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,382
About
1 in 68,925
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,382 people named Yair, 80.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 17.9% as White and 1.2% as Black. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yair peaked in 2006, when 311 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19762025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
311
In 2025*
124 ▼60%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,042 babies have been given the name since 1976. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Yair by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,974. The largest share of babies named Yair, 55.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#17,22319
1980s#10,63291
1990s#6,662261
2000s#1,9742,133
2010s#2,4191,738
2020s#2,920800
Generation X 1965–800.6%
Millennials 1981–964.5%
Generation Z 1997–1255.7%
2013 and later39.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Yair is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Yair has been most common in Nevada (3.1×), California (3.1×), and Texas (2.5×), and least common in Colorado (1.2×).

3,654 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Yair

#4,318 Garrick · 4,385#4,319 Cinthya · 4,384#4,321 Johnie · 4,381#4,322 Poppy · 4,380

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Yair, most common first.

#2,724 Yahir · 8,608#16,856 Yaira · 663#23,426 Yaire · 418#29,961 Yar · 293

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