# Yara (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yara/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,565 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31 / 7,534 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,627, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 211 | 1,163 |
| 2012 | 208 | 1,187 |
| 2013 | 207 | 1,164 |
| 2014 | 154 | 1,463 |
| 2015 | 199 | 1,237 |
| 2016 | 178 | 1,337 |
| 2017 | 264 | 987 |
| 2018 | 437 | 673 |
| 2019 | 365 | 766 |
| 2020 | 441 | 654 |
| 2021 | 454 | 657 |
| 2022 | 526 | 571 |
| 2023 | 488 | 614 |
| 2024 | 519 | 582 |
| 2025 | 585 | 507 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | 10,716 |
| 2022 | 6 | 12,271 |
| 2023 | 5 | 14,116 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12,294 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,639 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 61 | 652 |
| 2012 | 68 | 614 |
| 2013 | 58 | 684 |
| 2014 | 49 | 794 |
| 2015 | 40 | 909 |
| 2016 | 68 | 622 |
| 2017 | 70 | 604 |
| 2018 | 72 | 574 |
| 2019 | 84 | 491 |
| 2020 | 86 | 471 |
| 2021 | 112 | 398 |
| 2022 | 114 | 374 |
| 2023 | 115 | 363 |
| 2024 | 127 | 341 |
| 2025 | 140 | 311 |

## People named Yara

- Yara Shahidi, American actress
- Yara van Kerkhof, Dutch short track speed skater
- Yara Sallam, Egyptian activist
- Yara Martinez, American actress
- Yara Kastelijn, Dutch cyclist
- Yara Yavelberg, Brazilian psychologist

## 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.