Yara

What Yara means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Yara yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,236 in 2015, #507 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Yara?

US: Rising: up from #1236 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #909 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 585 girls got the name (#507 that year). First in the US records in 1969.

How common

• About 1 in 2,747 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,809 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,627 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MI (1.18 per 1,000 girls), MD (1.0 per 1,000 girls), VA (0.92 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Yara is #507 in the US and #311 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.8% of US babies named Yara were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Yuri139 US
• Yari35 US
• Yarah27 US · 8 E&W
• Yaira16 US
• Yaara12 US · 3 E&W
• Yori10 US
• Yahri9 US
• Yarra5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Yara

Girls

• Kaylani#185Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,054 in 2015, #185 in 2025
• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*
• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*

For a brother

• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025
• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Yara’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.