Yakira
Feminine · “precious”
Yakira is Hebrew for precious or dear, and it is the feminine of a word used of things worth a great deal.
How old is the name Yakira?
Yakira first appears in US birth records in 1981 — 44 years ago. The typical Yakira alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 1,000 people named Yakira are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yakira most popular?
Yakira peaked in 1997, reaching #2511 nationally. Today it ranks #4661, 2,150 places below that high. See the whole 1997 chart.
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Where it comes from
From yaqar to Yakira
Our story of Yakira
Ours, offered as ours. Hebrew yaqar runs from the price of a thing to the esteem in which a person is held, without separating the two — the same word describes a costly stone and an honored guest. Modern Hebrew still uses it for expensive. Naming a daughter Yakira therefore says something slightly firmer than dear: it says of great worth, in a language that does not distinguish which kind.
Meaning
precious, dear
From Hebrew yaqar, precious, costly or honored; the word covers both monetary value and personal regard, and the same root gives the modern Hebrew word for expensive. Yakira is the feminine form.
How the name formed
- yaqar
- Yakira
Related forms: יקירה · Yakira
Pronouncing Yakira
yah-KEE-rah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Hebrew stresses the last.
Nicknames for Yakira
Moderate
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
- 1981
- Most girls named
- 199751 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2511reached in 1997
- Change vs 2024
- −9.4%29 in 2025, from 32
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.
Yakira in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- יקירה in Hebrew — transliteration
- Yakira in English — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York.
Yakiras among us
people named Yakira are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 55,423 born in 2025 was named Yakira
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 Ave test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Yakira's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ave climbed just as high around 1944, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ave's path sketches the road Yakira is walking now.
Yakira 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 Yakira is headed
Yakira looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 31% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium 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.
Yakira beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Yakira in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that joins value and affection in one word.
- Kira is a complete name in its own right as a short form.
- Every vowel is sounded, so it reads correctly in most languages.
- The stress differs between the Hebrew and American readings.
- It is unfamiliar outside Jewish communities in America.
- Six letters and three syllables, manageable but not short.
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Frequently asked
- How many Yakiras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Yakira are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Yakira in 2025?
- Yakira ranks #4661 among US girl names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Yakira?
- About 1 in every 55,423 US girls born in 2025 was named Yakira — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Yakira with classmates?
- Yakira will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Yakira
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