Yakira comes from the Hebrew tradition, meaning Precious or dear to God..
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How popular is Yakira?
1997peak year
Today, Yakira is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #6589), with only about 19 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1997, 51 babies were given the name (ranked #2554 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Yakira's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 964 babies have been registered as Yakira since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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