Is Yari a boy or girl name?

Yari is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 635 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 91.0% were girls and 9.0% were boys.

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Yari

Recorded 1980–2025 · United States

Yari was most popular in 2024, when 53 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,399 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,111, with 35 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 635 people named Yari.

Yari over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yari’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yari a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yari is mostly a girl’s name — 91.0% of the 635 Americans given it were girls and 9.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 90% girls and 10% 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.

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