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Yahaira

Pronounced Y AA1 AY1 R AA1 (ARPABET)

  • 3 syllables
  • Peaked 2005
  • 52 years in use
  • 1 spelling
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How popular is Yahaira?

Yahaira is a girls' name, and first appears in 1973. It has been given to 5,409 children — the 2,004th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 495 births across the past decade, against a peak of 325 in a single year. That peak was in 2005.

Yahayra is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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Spelling variants

These spellings sound identical to Yahaira and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

  • Yahayra

Characteristics

  • 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
Y AA1 AY1 R AA1 · Y AA1 EY1 AY1 R AA1 · Y AA1 EY1 R AA1
Stress pattern:
111 · 1111 · 111
Syllables:
3

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Yahaira

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Yahaira

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Yahaira?
Yahaira ranks 2,004th among girls' names in US records, with 5,409 births since 1973. Over the past decade it accounts for 495.
Is Yahaira a unisex name?
No. Yahaira is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Yahaira most popular?
2005, when 325 children were given the name. It has been in use for 52 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Yahaira spelled?
Yahayra. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.