Yaw
#8,212 most common boys' name of all time · #20,696 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1973–2025
Rank among boys
#8,212
Rank overall
#20,696 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
44 of 146
All-time
405
Since 2016
85
Peak year
1997 #3,815
Best rank
#3,815 1997
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Yaw first appears in 1973. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,982 |
| 2024 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,950 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,146 |
| 2022 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,498 |
| 2021 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,051 |
| 2020 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,673 |
| 2019 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,408 |
| 2018 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,019 |
| 2017 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,056 |
| 2016 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,332 |
| 2015 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,802 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,528 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,950 |
| 2012 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,419 |
| 2011 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,157 |
| 2010 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,750 |
| 2009 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,509 |
| 2008 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,521 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,081 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2005 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,565 |
| 2004 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,939 |
| 2003 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,019 |
| 2002 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,786 |
| 2001 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,251 |
| 2000 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,514 |
| 1999 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,452 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,112 |
| 1997 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,815 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,760 |
| 1995 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,322 |
| 1993 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,996 |
| 1992 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,893 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,959 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,139 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,132 |
| 1986 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,359 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,132 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,874 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,861 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,883 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,696 |
| 1978 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,822 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,099 |