How Many People Are Named Yair?
people named Yair are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 68,645 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,042 babies named Yair in Social Security records from 1976 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
311 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hebrew form of JAIR.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Yair in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yair alive today is about 15 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yair first appears in the records in 1976 and was given most often in 2006, to 311 babies. In 2025, 124 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1976 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Yair has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #706, in 2006. In 2025 it ranked #1,450.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,450 |
| Best rank | #706 (2006) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #872 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yair alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yair were born in California than in any other state: about 1,118 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yair was given 2.3 times as often in California, 1.8 times in Illinois and 1.8 times in New York.
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