Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Yair

#1,726 most common boys' name of all time · #4,193 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1976–2025

Rank among boys
#1,726
Rank overall
#4,193 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
5,042
Since 2016
1,436
Peak year
2006 #706
Best rank
#706 2006
Girls Boys peak 311/yr
198020002020

Yair first appears in 1976. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 124 124 #1,447
2024 — 134 134 #1,399
2023 — 184 184 #1,142
2022 — 135 135 #1,383
2021 — 116 116 #1,527
2020 — 107 107 #1,552
2019 — 161 161 #1,192
2018 — 173 173 #1,120
2017 — 150 150 #1,227
2016 — 152 152 #1,232
2015 — 161 161 #1,161
2014 — 174 174 #1,100
2013 — 207 207 #970
2012 — 163 163 #1,128
2011 — 194 194 #1,004
2010 — 203 203 #975
2009 — 259 259 #837
2008 — 262 262 #835
2007 — 295 295 #753
2006 — 311 311 #706
2005 — 262 262 #759
2004 — 252 252 #742
2003 — 259 259 #717
2002 — 110 110 #1,240
2001 — 74 74 #1,611
2000 — 49 49 #2,074
1999 — 34 34 #2,594
1998 — 36 36 #2,434
1997 — 45 45 #2,018
1996 — 24 24 #3,088
1995 — 26 26 #2,822
1994 — 23 23 #3,084
1993 — 21 21 #3,220
1992 — 16 16 #3,879
1991 — 22 22 #2,969
1990 — 14 14 #4,120
1989 — 14 14 #3,974
1988 — 8 8 #5,579
1987 — 9 9 #4,873
1986 — 11 11 #4,091
1985 — 5 5 #7,194
1984 — 12 12 #3,672
1983 — 9 9 #4,454
1982 — 14 14 #3,275
1980 — 9 9 #4,450
1979 — 5 5 #6,799
1978 — 8 8 #4,524
1976 — 6 6 #5,583