Yer

Last seen for girls in 2002 at #15,432 · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #6,407
Given to girls 80.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
#2,274
1988 · 49 births
Debut · girls
1980
17 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
572
since 1980

Yer over time

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#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #2,274, 1988peak #3,005, 1986girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1994#3,37233#5,45210
1993#4,10025#7,6386
1992#2,92040#6,6707
1991#3,44331#5,9428
1990#2,73742#7,1786
1989#3,04535#4,81110
1988#2,27449#5,7517
1987#3,74323#6,0896
1986#3,27727#3,00516
1985#3,51724#3,40113
1984#3,72621#3,27013
1983#2,78331#6,2385
1982#2,83032#3,96610
1981#3,43624#3,85810
1980#4,32717#4,9407
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First appearance
1980

The first year at least five girls were named Yer! It came in at #4,327, and was given to 17 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2002–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Yer is popular in 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #411 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,459 girlsMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,269 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 13,847 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Yer, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#411 · 1 in 3,459
  2. California#1,269 · 1 in 13,847

Best ever in a state: #340 in Minnesota, 1990.

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California#1,269151 in 13,847
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See more about Yer
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1980
  • Peaked 1988 at #2,274 (49 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 36,344
  • Highest: 1 in 36,344 girls born in 1988 were named Yer (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 359,376 girls born in 2002 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 49.5% of all girls named Yer (283) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s283#2,274 (1988)#3,296
1990s272#2,737 (1990)#4,477
2000s17#13,154 (2000)#14,036

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Yer in 1986

girls
#3,277
27 births · 1 in 63,539 girls
boys
#3,005
16 births · 1 in 115,095 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #3,277Yer27

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #3,005Yer16
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 63,539 of them was named Yer, which outranked 74.5% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yer
  1. #3,203Verenice28
  2. #3,203Yocheved28
  3. #3,203Zainab28
  4. #3,277Yer27
  5. #3,277Aleksandra27
  6. #3,277Aline27
  7. #3,277Arcelia27
  8. #3,360Alaine26
  9. #3,360Ally26
  10. #3,360Alvina26

Tied with 82 names at #3,277; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 115,095 of them was named Yer, which outranked 61.6% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yer
  1. #2,891Tyshaun17
  2. #2,891Tywon17
  3. #2,891Wilburn17
  4. #3,005Yer16
  5. #3,005Abdallah16
  6. #3,005Adriana16
  7. #3,005Adriano16
  8. #3,131Abigail15
  9. #3,131Akeen15
  10. #3,131Akiva15

Tied with 125 names at #3,005; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,279Spenser#2,226 → #947
  2. ↑ 920Jayce#1,614 → #694
  3. ↑ 714Addison#1,228 → #514
  4. ↑ 649Payton#1,614 → #965
  5. ↑ 573Cordell#1,181 → #608
Fallers
  1. ↓ 409Ulises#877 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 365Eliot#934 → #1,299
  3. ↓ 322Jordy#998 → #1,320
  4. ↓ 313Trace#956 → #1,269
  5. ↓ 292Kennith#963 → #1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1986 →