Yama — boys' name

What the Data Says About Yama

The Social Security Administration has registered 73 babies named Yama between 1989 and 2022, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yama currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yama performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Yama shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yama in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yama 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 73 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.