Yaa
#15,639 most common girls' name of all time · #25,816 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1978–2024
Rank among girls
#15,639
Rank overall
#25,816 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
269
Since 2016
40
Peak year
2005 #8,551
Best rank
#8,178 1985
Girls
Boys
peak 13/yr
Yaa first appears in 1978. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,539 |
| 2023 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,790 |
| 2022 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,030 |
| 2018 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,384 |
| 2017 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,601 |
| 2016 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,881 |
| 2015 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,705 |
| 2014 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,453 |
| 2013 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,486 |
| 2012 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,569 |
| 2011 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,466 |
| 2010 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,900 |
| 2009 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,948 |
| 2008 | 5 | — | 5 | #18,262 |
| 2007 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,747 |
| 2006 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,815 |
| 2005 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,551 |
| 2004 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,777 |
| 2003 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,286 |
| 2002 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,792 |
| 2001 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,448 |
| 2000 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,233 |
| 1999 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,869 |
| 1998 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,121 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,526 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,200 |
| 1993 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,592 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,361 |
| 1991 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,900 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,499 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,178 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,958 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,734 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,920 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,462 |