How Many People Are Named Yaa?
people named Yaa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,289,754 people in the US has this name
Based on 269 babies named Yaa in Social Security records from 1978 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
13 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "born on Thursday" in Akan.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Yaa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yaa alive today is about 22 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yaa first appears in the records in 1978 and was given most often in 2005, to 13 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1978 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Yaa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #8,301, in 1985.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #8,301 (1985) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #10,452 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yaa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yaa were born in New York than in any other state: about 10 of those alive today.
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