Yair

“He will light up” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #1443 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Yair has appeared in US records since 1976 — best rank #705 (2006) · 5,042 babies named Yair all-time · 1 in 14,000 boys born in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Yairs

Yair Lapid — Leader of the Opposition in the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), Former Prime Minister of Israel in 2022 and Chairman of the Yesh Atid Party
Yair Rodríguez — Mexican mixed martial artist and Taekwondo black belt
Yair Golan — Israeli general, politician and Leader of the Democrats (Party) and last leader of the Labour Party in the year 2024 (defunct in 2024)
Yair Auron — Israeli historian
Yair Nossovsky — Israeli footballer

What Yairs become

Among 160 notable people named Yair:

Military figures appear 1.98× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yair Golan, Israeli general, politician and Leader of the Democrats (Party) and last leader of the Labour Party in the year 2024 (defunct in 2024).

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