Yaira comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning He will illuminate and shine..
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How popular is Yaira?
2007peak year
Today, Yaira is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #10177), with only about 11 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2007, 42 babies were given the name (ranked #3846 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Yaira's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 568 babies have been registered as Yaira since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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