Yaira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yah-EE-ruh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Yaira is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “she will shine”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Yaira mean?
Hebrew: feminine of Yair (Jair); also a Latin American variant of Yahaira
“she will shine”
The feminine form of Yair, the Hebrew original of Jair, a judge of Israel in the Book of Judges.
Is Yaira a girl's or a boy's name?
Yaira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yaira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Yaira, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Yaira in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yaira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,468 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Yaira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zamira, Hadassah, Aaliyah, Amira, Samira, Safa, Zahara, Hadassa, Zaira, Salma, Taliyah, Aliya
Names related to Yaira
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Yaira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yaira, updated 20 October 2026.