Is Yareth a boy or girl name?

Yareth is a unisex name. Of the 652 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 38.2% were girls and 61.8% were boys. It changed hands in 2012, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Yareth

Recorded 1998–2025 · United States

Yareth was most popular in 2023, when 53 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,423 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,252, with 28 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 652 people named Yareth.

Yareth over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yareth’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yareth a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yareth is a unisex name — 38.2% of the 652 Americans given it were girls and 61.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 2012 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 9% girls and 91% 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 Yareth

Where Yareth is most concentrated

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

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