Yair
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,443 for boys
Yair is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will light up”. In 2025 it ranked 1,443rd for boys in the US (124 babies).
What does Yair mean?
Hebrew
“he will light up”
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Yair a girl's or a boy's name?
Yair is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 124 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yair in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 6 boys.
Yair in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Yair in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,443rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 124 about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 124 boys in the US were named Yair, making it the 1,443rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,539th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 311 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Yair in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yair in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124 | #1,443 |
| 2024 | 134 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 184 | #1,140 |
| 2022 | 135 | #1,379 |
| 2021 | 116 | #1,527 |
| 2020 | 107 | #1,539 |
| 2019 | 161 | #1,188 |
| 2018 | 173 | #1,119 |
| 2017 | 150 | #1,219 |
| 2016 | 152 | #1,229 |
| 2015 | 161 | #1,160 |
| 2014 | 174 | #1,097 |
| 2013 | 207 | #966 |
| 2012 | 163 | #1,124 |
| 2011 | 194 | #998 |
| 2010 | 203 | #971 |
| 2009 | 259 | #835 |
| 2008 | 262 | #834 |
| 2007 | 295 | #753 |
| 2006 | 311 | #705 |
| 2005 | 262 | #758 |
| 2004 | 252 | #741 |
| 2003 | 259 | #717 |
| 2002 | 110 | #1,233 |
| 2001 | 74 | #1,596 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,045 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,556 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 45 | #1,988 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,909 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
Names like Yair
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Zayd, Abdullah, Umar, Hamza, Amir, Ahmed, Mustafa, Zakariya, Yahya
Names related to Yair
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Yair: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yair, updated 20 October 2026.