How many Iyaris are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Iyari are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How popular is the name Iyari in 2025?

Iyari ranks #5099 among US girl names in 2025, with 25 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Iyari?

About 1 in every 64,291 US girls born in 2025 was named Iyari — 25 in all.

Will my child share the name Iyari with classmates?

Iyari will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Iyari

Feminine

Iyari is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 239 girls against 6 boys since 1880.

#5099 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rare25 girls in 2025

Iyari entered the US charts in 2000, peaked at #4746 in 2023, ranks #5099 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Iyari?

Iyari first appears in US birth records in 2000 — 25 years ago. The typical Iyari is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 200 people named Iyari are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Iyari most popular?

Iyari peaked in 2023, reaching #4746 nationally. Today it ranks #5099, 353 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.

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What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded: 2000
Most girls named: 202328 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #4746reached in 2023
Change vs 2024: +19.0%25 in 2025, from 21

Iyari sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2023, with 28 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Iyari in other languages

Strongest US states over the last decade: California.

Iyaris among us

200

people named Iyari are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 64,291 born in 2025 was named Iyari

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Is it right for you

What happens to a name after it peaks

The Ngozi test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Iyari's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ngozi climbed just as high around 1981, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ngozi's path sketches the road Iyari is walking now.

40%chance Iyari will feel “very 2020s” by 2040

Iyari, aligned on its peakNgozi· peak 1981not yet written

Iyari today is about where Ngozi stood in 1983 — 2 years past a #4746-sized peak. By 1998, Ngozi had settled around #7225.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Iyari sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Iyari is headed

Iyari is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 92% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Rising+92% by 2030projected around #3,347 in 2030

Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Iyari beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Iyari in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Iyarithis name25#5099Janette25#5099Loraine25#5099Delfina25#5099Hali25#5099

US girls given each name in 2025.

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How many Iyaris are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Iyari are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Iyari in 2025?: Iyari ranks #5099 among US girl names in 2025, with 25 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Iyari?: About 1 in every 64,291 US girls born in 2025 was named Iyari — 25 in all.
Will my child share the name Iyari with classmates?: Iyari will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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