Yarrow
Boy · YAIR-oh · English
Yarrow is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “the yarrow plant”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Yarrow mean?
English: plant name, from Old English gearwe
“the yarrow plant”
Its Latin name Achillea comes from the legend that Achilles used it to heal his soldiers' wounds.
- Say it
- YAIR-oh
Is Yarrow a girl's or a boy's name?
Yarrow is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Yarrow in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Yarrow, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973. 5 girls were also named Yarrow in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Yarrow in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yarrow in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
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