How Many People Are Named Yar?
An estimated 71 people in the United States have the first name Yar. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 10 years old, and Yar peaked in popularity in 2018 with 11 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yar 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 Yar paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Yar is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
71
About 1 in 4,827,526 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
10
years old
Peak Year
2018
11 births
Total Registered
72
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yar
Yar is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 72 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Yar as a female name
Ranked #17,498 in 2023
5 female births in 2023
Peak: 2018 (11 births)
Yar: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yar span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 41 babies were registered. While Yar is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Yar by Decade
How has Yar 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.
Yar + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yar as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Yar
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
Yar: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yar?
We estimate approximately 71 people named Yar 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 4,827,526 Americans share this first name.
Is Yar a common name?
Yar is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 59.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 72 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yar most popular?
Yar reached peak popularity in 2018, when 11 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yar is approximately 10 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yar a female name?
Yar is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yar Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yar Smith, Yar Johnson, Yar 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 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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