Yaa — #12454 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Yaa

The Social Security Administration has registered 269 babies named Yaa between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yaa currently holds the #12454 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yaa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Yaa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yaa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yaa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 269 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.