Yafa — #4743 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Yafa

The Social Security Administration has registered 111 babies named Yafa between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yafa currently holds the #4743 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yafa performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yafa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yafa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yafa 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 111 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.