Girls' name · since 1959
Yaffa
Yaffa has 463 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,427 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,441 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 463
- born since 1959
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yaffa is the #5441 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 463 recorded since 1959.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yaffa has been recorded 463 times among girls since 1959, currently ranked #5441 nationally and more common than 69% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2025.
- #12,427 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,441 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 463 born since 1959
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yaffa ranks #12,427 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,441 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 463 born since 1959, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,427 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,441 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 463
- born since 1959
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yaffa's 463 recorded births place it above 82.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Yaffa compares
463 Top 47% higher than 53% of 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
Yaffa's all-time total is 23% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yaffa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 463 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yaffa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yaffa splits its recorded history at 2000: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1959 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yaffa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Yaffa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (108 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Yaffa's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Yaffa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
48 births
- 1980s
1980s
63 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s
2000s
108 births
- 2010s
2010s
105 births
- 2020s
2020s
78 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 108 births (23% of all-time use).
Yaffa by state
Where Yaffa concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 172 | 37.1% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 8 | 1.7% |
172 of 463 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Yaffa's data
- Yaffa's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (108 total births) through the 2020s (78) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Yaffas (172 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yaffa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1959–2025 (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 Yaffa 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.