Is Yakira a boy or girl name?

Yakira is a girl’s name. Of the 993 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Yakira

Recorded 1981–2025 · United States

Yakira was most popular in 1997, when 51 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,236 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,077, with 29 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 993 people named Yakira.

Yakira over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yakira’s peak in 1997. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yakira a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yakira is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 993 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Yakira

Where Yakira is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

New York 7.5×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org