Yadira
Yadira is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:Yadira Bendaña, Honduran journalist and politician Yadira Caraveo, American politician Yadira Geara, Dominican beauty queen and former tennis player Yadira Guamán, Ecuadoran race walker Yadira Guevara-Prip, American television actor Yadira Henríquez, Dominican attorney and politician Yadira Lira, Mexican athlete and coach Yadira…
- Spanish
- American
Meaning & Origin of Yadira
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yadira is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:Yadira Bendaña, Honduran journalist and politician Yadira Caraveo, American politician Yadira Geara, Dominican beauty queen and former tennis player Yadira Guamán, Ecuadoran race walker Yadira Guevara-Prip, American television actor Yadira Henríquez, Dominican attorney and politician Yadira Lira, Mexican athlete and coach Yadira…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
- American
The Story of Yadira
Yadira first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1949, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2005: 593 births, good for #506 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 34% of all recorded Yadiras. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #3,368 among baby girl names with 47 births, falling sharply (-16%). In total, more than 13K Yadiras have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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About the name Yadira
Yadira is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1949 and has accumulated 13K births in the dataset. Yadira's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #506. Use the chart and map above to compare Yadira's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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