Yara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YAH-ra
- UK rank, 2025
- #320 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #507 for girls
Yara is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 320th for girls in the UK (151 babies) and 507th for girls in the US (585 babies).
What does Yara mean?
Several independent sources, including Arabic, Persian and Brazilian Tupi
In Brazilian folklore Iara, or Yara, is a beautiful water spirit of the Amazon.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Yara a girl's or a boy's name?
Yara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 151 girls in the UK and 585 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Yara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #320among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 151about 1 in 1,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 151 girls in the UK were named Yara, making it the 320th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 478th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had the most girls named Yara of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Yara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 159 girls in the UK were given Yara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #321.
- Yara 151
- Yarah 8
Among girls in 2025, it was 311th in England and Wales and 301st in Scotland.
Yara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151 | #320 |
| 2024 | 137 | #354 |
| 2023 | 126 | #374 |
| 2022 | 123 | #390 |
| 2021 | 117 | #423 |
| 2020 | 92 | #478 |
| 2019 | 87 | #521 |
| 2018 | 74 | #611 |
| 2017 | 75 | #615 |
| 2016 | 76 | #605 |
| 2015 | 42 | #933 |
| 2014 | 51 | #819 |
| 2013 | 59 | #739 |
| 2012 | 69 | #660 |
| 2011 | 63 | #688 |
| 2010 | 61 | #672 |
| 2009 | 56 | #716 |
| 2008 | 56 | #714 |
| 2007 | 56 | #678 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 24 | #1,128 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,154 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 18 | #1,182 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Yara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #507among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 585about 1 in 2,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 585 girls in the US were named Yara, making it the 507th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 654th. It first appears in the records in 1969. 7 boys were also named Yara in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Yara of any year since it first appeared, in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Yara in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 617 girls in the US were given Yara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #503, up from #507 for this spelling alone.
- Yara 585
- Yarah 27
- Yarra 5
Yara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 585 | #507 |
| 2024 | 519 | #581 |
| 2023 | 488 | #612 |
| 2022 | 526 | #571 |
| 2021 | 454 | #657 |
| 2020 | 441 | #654 |
| 2019 | 365 | #765 |
| 2018 | 437 | #671 |
| 2017 | 264 | #985 |
| 2016 | 178 | #1,330 |
| 2015 | 199 | #1,236 |
| 2014 | 154 | #1,459 |
| 2013 | 207 | #1,161 |
| 2012 | 208 | #1,179 |
| 2011 | 211 | #1,160 |
| 2010 | 188 | #1,269 |
| 2009 | 185 | #1,307 |
| 2008 | 166 | #1,426 |
| 2007 | 256 | #1,030 |
| 2006 | 124 | #1,691 |
| 2005 | 87 | #2,121 |
| 2004 | 99 | #1,894 |
| 2003 | 78 | #2,200 |
| 2002 | 84 | #2,043 |
| 2001 | 80 | #2,071 |
| 2000 | 81 | #2,030 |
| 1999 | 56 | #2,524 |
| 1998 | 57 | #2,426 |
| 1997 | 62 | #2,197 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1994 | 42 | #2,843 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,261 |
| 1991 | 37 | #3,030 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,895 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,703 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,241 |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,532 |
| 1981 | 39 | #2,447 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,936 |
| 1979 | 28 | #2,997 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
Names like Yara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Yusra Raya Hafsa Amira Khadija Hiba Hana Ayla Anaya Isra Maya
Other spellings of Yara
Names related to Yara
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, “Yara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yara, updated 20 October 2026.