Girls' name · since 2009
Yafa
135 babies named Yafa in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,924 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,379 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yafa is the #5379 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 135 recorded since 2009.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yafa has been recorded 135 times among girls since 2009, currently ranked #5379 nationally and more common than 69% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #23,924 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,379 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 135 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yafa ranks #23,924 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,379 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 135 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,924 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,379 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yafa's 135 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Yafa compares
135 30th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yafa's all-time total is 64% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yafa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 135 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yafa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yafa splits its recorded history at 2020: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 29 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yafa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Yafa by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (103 births, 76% of the file).
2020s was Yafa's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Yafa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 27
2010s
27 births
- 2020s
2020s
103 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 103 births (76% of all-time use).
Yafa by state
Where Yafa concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
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What to do with Yafa's data
- Texas records the most Yafas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yafa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Yafa 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.