Iyari
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-YAH-ree
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Iyari is a girls' name, meaning “heart”. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Iyari mean?
Huichol (Wixarika) language of western Mexico
“heart”
In the Huichol language of western Mexico, iyari means the heart, seen as the seat of memory and feeling.
Is Iyari a girl's or a boy's name?
Iyari is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iyari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 311% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Iyari, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Iyari in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iyari in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
Names like Iyari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avani, Armani, Saanvi, Ishani, Anahi, Samadhi, Navi, Inaya, Ishanvi, Anvi, Sarahi, Kyomi
Names related to Iyari
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Iyari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iyari, updated 20 October 2026.