NameTides

Yer

Yer peaked in the US in 1988 at #2,274, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Yer as a girl’s name

  • US
Yer as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020
Yer as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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
YearUS
2002#15,432 (5)
2001#13,521 (6)
2000#13,154 (6)
1999#7,716 (12)
1998#5,363 (19)
1997#5,417 (18)
1996#6,723 (13)
1995#2,977 (39)
1994#3,372 (33)
1993#4,100 (25)
1992#2,920 (40)
1991#3,443 (31)
1990#2,737 (42)
1989#3,045 (35)
1988#2,274 (49)

Yer as a boy’s name

  • US
Yer as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.000.010.010.0118801900192019401960198020002020
Yer as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.000.010.010.011880192019602000
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
YearUS
1995#6,407 (8)
1994#5,452 (10)
1993#7,638 (6)
1992#6,670 (7)
1991#5,942 (8)
1990#7,178 (6)
1989#4,811 (10)
1988#5,751 (7)
1987#6,089 (6)
1986#3,005 (16)
1985#3,401 (13)
1984#3,270 (13)
1983#6,238 (5)
1982#3,966 (10)
1981#3,858 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1988 at #2,274.
  • First recorded in the US in 1980.
  • In 1995, 83% of US babies named Yer were girls.