Yahir

Boy · yah-EER · Hebrew

Yahir is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he enlightens”. In 2025 it ranked 814th for boys in the US (305 babies).

What does Yahir mean?

Hebrew: Spanish form of Jair (Yair)

“he enlightens”

From Jair, a judge of Israel in the biblical Book of Judges.

Say it: yah-EER

Is Yahir a girl's or a boy's name?

Yahir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 305 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Yahir in the US?

Rank in 2025: #814among boys
Babies in 2025: 305about 1 in 5,600 boys
Five-year trend: Steadyup 14% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 305 boys in the US were named Yahir, making it the 814th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 892nd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 1,274 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.

Half of all the boys named Yahir in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

1992Busiest: 1,274 in 20032025

Yahir in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	305	#814
2024	332	#763
2023	291	#835
2022	291	#837
2021	253	#907
2020	254	#892
2019	286	#802
2018	277	#812
2017	269	#828
2016	327	#744
2015	389	#661
2014	490	#567
2013	572	#482
2012	508	#519
2011	635	#429
2010	617	#439
2009	686	#421
2008	735	#401
2007	738	#401
2006	776	#386
2005	764	#379
2004	947	#323
2003	1,274	#258
2002	334	#604
2001	20	#3,968
2000	18	#4,198
1999	13	#5,029
1998	9	#6,308
1997	0	–
1996	8	#6,489
1995	7	#6,985
1994	0	–
1993	0	–
1992	6	#7,414

Names like Yahir

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Zamir Zahir Nasir Musa Jamir Hamza Nazir Amir Samir Zayd Ibrahim Ahmir

Names related to Yahir

Yair

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