How Many People Are Named Yair?
An estimated 4,863 people in the United States have the first name Yair. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 16 years old, and Yair peaked in popularity in 2006 with 311 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yair as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Yair paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Yair is a modern name. With an average bearer age of just 16, it has gained most of its popularity in recent years.
Estimated Living Americans
4,863
About 1 in 70,482 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
16
years old
Peak Year
2006
311 births
Total Registered
4,917
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yair
Yair is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 4,917 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Yair as a male name
Ranked #1,407 in 2024
133 male births in 2024
Peak: 2006 (311 births)
Yair: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yair span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 2,133 babies were registered. While Yair is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Yair by Decade
How has Yair tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Yair by State
Birth registrations for Yair span all 27 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Oklahoma, Minnesota, Michigan. On average, about 132 Yairs were registered per state.
Yair + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yair as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Yair
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
Yair: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yair?
We estimate approximately 4,863 people named Yair are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 70,482 Americans share this first name.
Is Yair a common name?
Yair is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 4,917 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yair most popular?
Yair reached peak popularity in 2006, when 311 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yair is approximately 16 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yair a male name?
Yair is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yair Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yair Smith, Yair Johnson, Yair Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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