Boys' name · since 1973
Yaw
Yaw has 405 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,962 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,947 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 405
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yaw currently ranks #10947 among boys' names in America, with 405 babies recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Yaw recorded 405 times among boys since 1973, holding rank #10947 nationally today, ahead of 21% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #8,962 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,947 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 405 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yaw ranks #8,962 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,947 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 405 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,962 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,947 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 405
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yaw's 405 recorded births place it above 80.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Yaw compares
405 Top 48% higher than 52% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Yaw's all-time total is 10% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yaw | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 405 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yaw's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yaw's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yaw popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Yaw by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (114 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Yaw's strongest decade.
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Yaw births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 21
1970s
21 births
- 1980s 37
1980s
37 births
- 1990s
1990s
90 births
- 2000s
2000s
114 births
- 2010s
2010s
92 births
- 2020s
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 114 births (28% of all-time use).
Yaw by state
Where Yaw concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 12 | 3.0% |
12 of 405 births nationwide.
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What to do with Yaw's data
- Yaw's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (114 total births) through the 2020s (51) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Yaws (12 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.
Keep exploring Yaw
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yaw: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Yaw 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.