How Many People Are Named Ya?
people named Ya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,994,338 people in the US has this name
Based on 39 babies named Ya in Social Security records from 1984 to 2004, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Population Percentage
Of US population
Peak Year
9 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Chinese 雅 (yǎ) meaning "elegant, graceful, refined" or other characters with a similar pronunciation.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ya, 87.7% were girls and 12.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ya alive today is about 25 years old, and 87% are under 30.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ya first appears in the records in 1984 and was given most often in 2001, to 9 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2004.
Babies given the name each year, 1984 to 2004
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ya were born in New York than in any other state: about 6 of those alive today.
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