How Many People Are Named Yeira?
An estimated 251 people in the United States have the first name Yeira. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Yeira peaked in popularity in 2010 with 23 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yeira 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 Yeira paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
251
About 1 in 1,365,555 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2010
23 births
Total Registered
254
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yeira
Yeira is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 254 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Yeira as a female name
Ranked #15,224 in 2022
6 female births in 2022
Peak: 2010 (23 births)
Yeira: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yeira span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 128 babies were registered. Yeira has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Yeira by Decade
How has Yeira 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.
Yeira by State
Yeira + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yeira as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Yeira
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
Yeira: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yeira?
We estimate approximately 251 people named Yeira 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 1,365,555 Americans share this first name.
Is Yeira a common name?
Yeira is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 254 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yeira most popular?
Yeira reached peak popularity in 2010, when 23 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yeira is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yeira a female name?
Yeira is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yeira Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yeira Smith, Yeira Johnson, Yeira 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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