Yanira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yah-NEE-rah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Yanira is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Yanira mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Ianeira
Spanish form of Ianeira, one of the sea nymphs (Nereids) of Greek mythology.
Is Yanira a girl's or a boy's name?
Yanira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yanira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Yanira, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 1993, with 123 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Yanira in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yanira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,359 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,965 |
| 2008 | 64 | #2,802 |
| 2007 | 76 | #2,457 |
| 2006 | 51 | #3,223 |
| 2005 | 72 | #2,432 |
| 2004 | 99 | #1,894 |
| 2003 | 88 | #2,031 |
| 2002 | 82 | #2,078 |
| 2001 | 69 | #2,300 |
| 2000 | 70 | #2,232 |
| 1999 | 52 | #2,672 |
| 1998 | 70 | #2,080 |
| 1997 | 90 | #1,716 |
| 1996 | 69 | #2,012 |
| 1995 | 89 | #1,647 |
| 1994 | 95 | #1,589 |
| 1993 | 123 | #1,343 |
| 1992 | 107 | #1,471 |
| 1991 | 112 | #1,424 |
| 1990 | 115 | #1,368 |
| 1989 | 115 | #1,336 |
| 1988 | 94 | #1,453 |
| 1987 | 84 | #1,518 |
| 1986 | 66 | #1,750 |
| 1985 | 65 | #1,739 |
| 1984 | 69 | #1,604 |
| 1983 | 76 | #1,496 |
| 1982 | 82 | #1,461 |
| 1981 | 76 | #1,559 |
| 1980 | 80 | #1,494 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,753 |
| 1978 | 65 | #1,633 |
| 1977 | 60 | #1,717 |
| 1976 | 53 | #1,775 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,456 |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,212 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
Names like Yanira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sasha, Aisha, Anika, Aviva, Isha, Asha, Radhika, Anya, Krisha, Nika, Priya, Samira
Names related to Yanira
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Yanira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yanira, updated 20 October 2026.