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Ymir

#6,434 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly twin

Ymir has been given to 79 babies in the U.S. since 2021. In 2025 it ranked #6,434 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 16 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% boys, 24% girls all-time.

Babies named Ymir, 2025

1 in 237,000

Ymir over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ymir over time

In 2025, Ymir went to 33% girls and 67% boys.

20212025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ymir: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly twin

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ymir means

Ymir may mean “twin”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 60 boys were recorded with the name Ymir between 2021 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2024; its best national rank was #5,889 in 2024.

In the United States, 19 girls were recorded with the name Ymir between 2021 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2024; its best national rank was #13,137 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Ymir?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 122,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,434
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ymir sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ymir. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ymirs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ymir was born before 2023 — so the typical Ymir is around 2 today.

Median birth year
2023
About 2 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
60
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2020s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (60).

Is Ymir rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−545
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
87.5%
Peak was 2024 (16)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,889
2024

Spellings of Ymir

Ymir is not the most common spelling — Omar is, with 32.4% against Ymir's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ymir around the world

Where Ymir ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1984–1984
    #455
    in 1984

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ymir by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,434
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#5,889
2024
Peak year
2024
16 that year
First recorded
2021
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
60
Count in 2025
14

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,137
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#13,137
2025
Peak year
2024
7 that year
First recorded
2021
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
19
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Ymir

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ymir

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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