NameTides

Yair

Yair was the #1,443 boys' name in the US in 2025 (124 babies).

Yair as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Yair as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Yair as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,443 (124)——
2024#1,397 (134)#3,255 (6)—
2023#1,140 (184)#4,992 (3)—
2022#1,379 (135)#4,002 (4)—
2021#1,527 (116)#4,789 (3)—
2020#1,539 (107)——
2019#1,188 (161)——
2018#1,119 (173)#4,749 (3)—
2017#1,219 (150)#4,812 (3)—
2016#1,229 (152)#4,810 (3)—
2015#1,160 (161)—#2,715 (5)
2014#1,097 (174)#3,895 (4)—
2013#966 (207)#4,685 (3)—
2012#1,124 (163)#4,805 (3)—
2011#998 (194)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2006 at #705.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Yair is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,800 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yair by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,094TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Yair (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
YairCanadaBoys—too few
YairEngland & WalesBoys—too few
YairNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
YairUSBoys#1,443124