Yair is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2006 and has grown less common since.
Yair is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,450 for boy births in the United States (and #3,072 across all names), given to 124 babies. Yair first appears in 1976 and peaked in 2006 (311 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124 | 124 | #1,450 |
| 2024 | 134 | 134 | #1,404 |
| 2023 | 184 | 184 | #1,143 |
| 2022 | 135 | 135 | #1,386 |
| 2021 | 116 | 116 | #1,528 |
| 2020 | 107 | 107 | #1,555 |
| 2019 | 161 | 167 | #1,192 |
| 2018 | 173 | 173 | #1,121 |
| 2017 | 150 | 150 | #1,230 |
| 2016 | 152 | 152 | #1,233 |
| 2015 | 161 | 168 | #1,161 |
| 2014 | 174 | 179 | #1,100 |
| 2013 | 207 | 215 | #971 |
| 2012 | 163 | 171 | #1,129 |
| 2011 | 194 | 204 | #1,004 |
| 2010 | 203 | 212 | #975 |
| 2009 | 259 | 279 | #837 |
| 2008 | 262 | 272 | #835 |
| 2007 | 295 | 309 | #753 |
| 2006 | 311 | 322 | #706 |
| 2005 | 262 | 272 | #759 |
| 2004 | 252 | 266 | #742 |
| 2003 | 259 | 269 | #717 |
| 2002 | 110 | 110 | #1,243 |
| 2001 | 74 | 74 | #1,615 |
| 2000 | 49 | 49 | #2,085 |
| 1999 | 34 | 34 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 36 | 36 | #2,446 |
| 1997 | 45 | — | #2,021 |
| 1996 | 24 | — | #3,104 |
| 1995 | 26 | — | #2,844 |
| 1994 | 23 | — | #3,106 |
| 1993 | 21 | — | #3,242 |
| 1992 | 16 | — | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 22 | — | #2,987 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | #4,163 |
| 1989 | 14 | — | #4,016 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | #5,737 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | #4,953 |
| 1986 | 11 | — | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #7,559 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | #3,693 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | #4,493 |
| 1982 | 14 | — | #3,277 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | #4,486 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | #7,057 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #4,548 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #5,575 |