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
- Peak · girls
- 1988 · 49 births
- Debut · girls
- 17 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 572since 1980
Yer over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,977 | 39 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #3,372 | 33 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #2,920 | 40 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #2,737 | 42 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #3,045 | 35 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #2,274 | 49 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #3,277 | 27 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #2,830 | 32 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #3,436 | 24 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | #4,940 | 7 |
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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.
See more about Yer
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 1988 at #2,274 (49 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 49.5% of all girls named Yer (283) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 283 | #2,274 (1988) | #3,296 |
| 1990s | 272 | #2,737 (1990) | #4,477 |
| 2000s | 17 | #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 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 52,673 of them was named Yer, which outranked 79.1% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,986Tawnie36
- #2,986Valeri36
- #2,986Zenia36
- #3,045Yer35
- #3,045Aiesha35
- #3,045Alejandrina35
- #3,045Allysha35
- #3,104Adriene34
- #3,104Aleena34
- #3,104Annaliese34
Tied with 58 names at #3,045; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 200,093 of them was named Yer, which outranked 47.9% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,527Yoni11
- #4,527Yvonne11
- #4,527Zeeshan11
- #4,811Yer10
- #4,811Agron10
- #4,811Ahsan10
- #4,811Aikeem10
- #5,165Abdallah9
- #5,165Abiel9
- #5,165Abrahim9
Tied with 353 names at #4,811; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.