How rare is the name Yanira?

7,274 people in the United States have the first name Yanira, about 1 in 41,522. It ranks #3,046 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

YANIRA

#3,046

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,274
About
1 in 41,522
This common or more
81.5%
Who bears it

Of the 7,274 people named Yanira, 97.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 1.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yanira peaked in 1993, when 123 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19642025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
123
In 2025*
25 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,309 babies have been given the name since 1964. 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.

Yanira by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,472. The largest share of babies named Yanira, 43.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#11,35426
1970s#3,765338
1980s#2,472807
1990s#2,825922
2000s#4,175729
2010s#7,531327
2020s#8,544160
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–8013.3%
Millennials 1981–9643.4%
Generation Z 1997–1232.2%
2013 and later10.9%

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 Yanira is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Yanira has been most common in California (4.5×), Texas (3.1×), and New York (2×), and least common in Illinois (0.67×).

2,156 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 Yanira

#3,044 Indira · 7,287#3,045 Yanet · 7,277#3,047 Alva · 7,273#3,047 Jayceon · 7,273

Spelled almost the same

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

#19,898 Yamira · 525#30,390 Yanara · 287#38,539 Yanire · 199#45,829 Yaneira · 147#48,328 Yanaira · 132

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