Yajayra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yah-HY-rah
Yajayra is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Is Yajayra a girl's or a boy's name?
Yajayra is a girls' name.
How popular is Yajayra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Yajayra in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yajayra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
Names like Yajayra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samira, Aaliyah, Amira, Zaira, Safa, Salma, Yadira, Aliya, Khadija, Zahara, Zahira, Hiba
Names related to Yajayra
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, “Yajayra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yajayra, updated 20 October 2026.