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Yair
Pronounced /jaʔiɹ/
Rank in 2024
#1,401
Born in 2024
133
Peak year
2006 · #705
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 133 boys were named Yair, about 1 in every 12,897.
- It peaked in 2006 with 311 babies, ranked #705.
- It first shows up in the records in 1976.
- 4,917 boys have been named Yair since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Yair per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 28 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 228 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,808 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,853 babies, 0.09 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Transliteration of Hebrew יַאִיר, meaning "he will light up".
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /jaʔiɹ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Yair, CC BY-SA 4.0.