How Many People Are Named Yaw?
people named Yaw are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 865,278 people in the US has this name
Based on 405 babies named Yaw in Social Security records from 1973 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
18 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 Yaw in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yaw alive today is about 21 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yaw first appears in the records in 1973 and was given most often in 1997, to 18 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Yaw has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,848, in 1978. In 2025 it ranked #11,937.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,937 |
| Best rank | #3,848 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,486 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yaw alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yaw were born in New York than in any other state: about 12 of those alive today.
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