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Baby name
Yair
Boy
Origin of the name
Yair is a Hebrew name, “he will shine.” In the Bible, Jair is one of the judges of Israel.
Short-lived name
5,042births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 705rank at its peak, in 2006
Where babies named Yair are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Yair is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Yair is most common in California (2.2 times), Texas (1.9) and Illinois (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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