Youa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Youa

The Social Security Administration has registered 175 babies named Youa between 1980 and 1996, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Youa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Youa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Youa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Youa in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Youa 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 175 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.