How Many People Are Named Yashar?
An estimated 131 people in the United States have the first name Yashar. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 21 years old, and Yashar peaked in popularity in 2014 with 9 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yashar 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 Yashar paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
131
About 1 in 2,616,445 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
21
years old
Peak Year
2014
9 births
Total Registered
133
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yashar
Yashar is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 133 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Yashar as a male name
Ranked #14,247 in 2022
5 male births in 2022
Peak: 2014 (9 births)
Yashar: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yashar span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 42 babies were registered. While Yashar is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Yashar by Decade
How has Yashar 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.
Yashar + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yashar as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Yashar: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yashar?
We estimate approximately 131 people named Yashar 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 2,616,445 Americans share this first name.
Is Yashar a common name?
Yashar is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 68.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 133 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yashar most popular?
Yashar reached peak popularity in 2014, when 9 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yashar is approximately 21 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yashar a male name?
Yashar is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yashar Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yashar Smith, Yashar Johnson, Yashar 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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