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How popular is the name Yara?

Births per year, rank history and how many Yaras are alive today.

Yara (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 311th in 2025 with 140 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Yara you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Yaras born in England and Wales are between 4 and 15, and there are at least 1,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Yara - on average, only one in every 197 such rooms contains a Yara.

How many babies are named Yara each year?

050100200020201996: 41997: 81998: 51999: 72000: 152001: 102002: 132003: 122004: 222005: 232006: 212007: 562008: 542009: 542010: 592011: 612012: 682013: 582014: 492015: 402016: 682017: 702018: 722019: 842020: 862021: 1122022: 1142023: 1152024: 1272025: 140actual

Where does Yara rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 3,1261997: ranked 1,9581998: ranked 2,7011999: ranked 2,1892000: ranked 1,2502001: ranked 1,7282002: ranked 1,4422003: ranked 1,6282004: ranked 1,0722005: ranked 1,0822006: ranked 1,2432007: ranked 6232008: ranked 6762009: ranked 6792010: ranked 6432011: ranked 6522012: ranked 6142013: ranked 6842014: ranked 7942015: ranked 9092016: ranked 6222017: ranked 6042018: ranked 5742019: ranked 4912020: ranked 4712021: ranked 3982022: ranked 3742023: ranked 3632024: ranked 3412025: ranked 311

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Yara per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 140 in 2025
Yara: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Yara most popular?

Yara peaked in 2025, when 140 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Yara?

At least 1,600 people named Yara born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Yara?

Most living Yaras are between 4 and 15; the most common age is about 2.

Is Yara becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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