Fun Facts About the Name Yashar
- 138 babies named Yashar: U.S. records list 138 babies given the name Yashar from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Yashar Mean?
Yashar has two independent origins. In Turkish it is a form of Yaşar, from the verb yaşamak, "to live." The form yaşar means "he or she lives" or "will live," and as a name it is commonly understood as a wish that the child will live. In Hebrew, Yashar (יָשָׁר) is the adjective yashar, "straight, upright, honest," from the root y-sh-r. The Hebrew sense is literal: a straight path or an upright person.
Yashar Name History & Origins
The Turkish name is written Yaşar; English spellings often replace ş with sh, giving Yashar. It comes from the Turkish verb yaşamak, "to live," and is formed from the stem yaşa- plus -r. The name is used in Turkey and other Turkish-speaking regions, and it also occurs as a surname. Its development is separate from the Hebrew word-name described below.
The Hebrew name comes from the biblical adjective yashar (יָשָׁר), which appears in the Hebrew Bible in descriptions of straight paths and upright conduct. The phrase yashar ve-tov, "upright and good," and the title Sefer ha-Yashar, "Book of the Upright," both use the same word. When Yashar is used as a Hebrew personal name, it draws on this biblical vocabulary. The book title is a literary use of the adjective, not evidence that the personal name was common earlier.
How Popular is the Name Yashar?
Yashar has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2014. Its best rank was #5,541 in 1984.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,836 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #14,247 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #13,998 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #9,523 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #14,044 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #14,175 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #12,124 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #8,754 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #13,991 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #10,727 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #14,266 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #14,543 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2007 | #14,328 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2005 | #11,432 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #8,315 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #12,077 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #11,282 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #10,497 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #8,778 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #8,216 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #8,468 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #8,125 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #7,805 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #5,541 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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