Yakira
Yakira is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Yakira
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yakira is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Yakira
The earliest SSA record of Yakira as a baby girl name dates back to 1981, when 9 babies received it. 1997 was its biggest year on record, with 51 newborns named Yakira — #2,510 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Yakira on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Yakira ranks #4,409 for baby girls with 32 births, rising sharply (+64% over the past five years). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Yakira
Yakira is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Yakira's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #2,510. Use the chart and map above to compare Yakira'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.