Girls' name · since 1978
Yaa
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 269 babies named Yaa, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,905 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 269
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yaa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 269 have been recorded since 1978.
Yaa has 269 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2024.
- #16,905 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 269 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yaa ranks #16,905 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 269 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,905 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 269
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yaa's 269 recorded births place it above 76.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Yaa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yaa's full recorded timeline at 2004, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yaa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2024
- Peak year (2005)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Yaa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (96 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Yaa's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Yaa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 26
1980s
26 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
- 2000s
2000s
96 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 96 births (36% of all-time use).
Yaa by state
Where Yaa concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 3.7% |
10 of 269 births nationwide.
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- Yaa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Yaas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yaa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Yaa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.