Yair

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Yair: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Yair: Recorded since 1996, with a gap of 12 years, its highest recorded position is #2,863, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2863highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Yair's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
2009	#3227
2012	#4805
2013	#4685
2014	#3895
2016	#4810
2017	#4812
2018	#4749
2021	#4789
2022	#4001
2023	#4991
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 12 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2863 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yair by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Yair in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	5	1 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	19	6 of 10	3
2020s	16	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 3 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Yair appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2863 in England and Wales in 1996.

Yair's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,863, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
12 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Izack · #2863, 10y
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Diyanah · #2862, 15y
Livy · #2862, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Izack · #2863, 10y
Ishana · #2862, 21y
Heera · #2859, 11y
Meron · #2859, 15y

Yair and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Yair without appearing here.

Yair moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Aria Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4001 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Yair

Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3895 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2556.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2863 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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What stands out in Yair's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yair by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Yair and the names beside it

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Yair at a glance

What stands out in Yair's record

Yair by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Yair appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Yair and the names beside it

Yair moved ahead of

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