Yahaira

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 73 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
73
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Yahaira by the numbers

Yahaira was given to 73 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 311 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Yahaira

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yahaira. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Yajaira32 in the US (2017)
  • Yazaira11 in the US (2017)
  • Yakiraprecious; valued highly3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yasiraeasy; gentle; smooth3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yairaenlightened or illuminated8 in the US (2017)
  • Yaarahoneycomb3 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Yahaira

Names that are said the same way as Yahaira, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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