Yahaira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yah-EYE-ruh
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Yahaira is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
Where does Yahaira come from?
Latin American name of uncertain origin
Is Yahaira a girl's or a boy's name?
Yahaira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yahaira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,877among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Yahaira, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,450th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 311 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Yahaira than any year since 1976.
Half of all the girls named Yahaira in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yahaira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,784 |
| 2020 | 44 | #3,450 |
| 2019 | 44 | #3,498 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,868 |
| 2017 | 74 | #2,432 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,697 |
| 2015 | 52 | #3,177 |
| 2014 | 65 | #2,681 |
| 2013 | 91 | #2,096 |
| 2012 | 118 | #1,744 |
| 2011 | 188 | #1,266 |
| 2010 | 138 | #1,584 |
| 2009 | 165 | #1,420 |
| 2008 | 225 | #1,143 |
| 2007 | 238 | #1,092 |
| 2006 | 247 | #1,036 |
| 2005 | 311 | #824 |
| 2004 | 222 | #1,043 |
| 2003 | 293 | #831 |
| 2002 | 176 | #1,164 |
| 2001 | 183 | #1,140 |
| 2000 | 132 | #1,400 |
| 1999 | 129 | #1,369 |
| 1998 | 117 | #1,456 |
| 1997 | 120 | #1,398 |
| 1996 | 134 | #1,286 |
| 1995 | 118 | #1,389 |
| 1994 | 82 | #1,765 |
| 1993 | 76 | #1,861 |
| 1992 | 67 | #2,028 |
| 1991 | 72 | #1,927 |
| 1990 | 77 | #1,843 |
| 1989 | 90 | #1,560 |
| 1988 | 53 | #2,147 |
| 1987 | 52 | #2,097 |
| 1986 | 61 | #1,837 |
| 1985 | 64 | #1,759 |
| 1984 | 69 | #1,604 |
| 1983 | 59 | #1,797 |
| 1982 | 72 | #1,608 |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,767 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,805 |
| 1979 | 69 | #1,623 |
| 1978 | 50 | #1,938 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,881 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,506 |
Names like Yahaira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Samira Safa Amira Zaira Safiya Hadassah Aliya Salma Zahara Summer Khadija
Names related to Yahaira
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, “Yahaira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yahaira, updated 20 October 2026.