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Girl's name · #507 in the US (2025) · Trending
Yara is climbing: on the charts since 1969, it reached #507 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 590 girls given the name last year. Roughly 7,500 have carried it all-time.
Yara climbed in 2018, with SSA suggesting Yara Greyjoy from Game of Thrones as a possible influence.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 29 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Yara is especially popular in the Netherlands.
#8 in Netherlands (2025) · #25 in Switzerland (2025) · #126 in Belgium (2025) · #182 in France (2025) · #205 in Austria (2025) · #234 in Sweden (2025) · #311 in England & Wales (2025) · #323 in Scotland (2025) · #376 in Ecuador (2025) · #389 in Norway (2025) · #397 in New Zealand (2025) · #713 in Ireland (2025) and 1 more.
Among 128 notable people named Yara:
Entertainers appear 2.07× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yara Shahidi, American actress.
Similar names: Jovie · Yaneli · Zara · Sariyah · Zahra · Lyra
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