# Yair (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yair/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “he will light up” |
| Pronunciation | /jaʔiɹ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,042 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,042 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 43, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Hebrew יַאִיר, meaning "he will light up".

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 194 | 1,004 |
| 2012 | 163 | 1,129 |
| 2013 | 207 | 971 |
| 2014 | 174 | 1,100 |
| 2015 | 161 | 1,161 |
| 2016 | 152 | 1,233 |
| 2017 | 150 | 1,230 |
| 2018 | 173 | 1,121 |
| 2019 | 161 | 1,192 |
| 2020 | 107 | 1,555 |
| 2021 | 116 | 1,528 |
| 2022 | 135 | 1,386 |
| 2023 | 184 | 1,143 |
| 2024 | 134 | 1,404 |
| 2025 | 124 | 1,450 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.