Yaa was the #3,035 girls' name in England & Wales in 2025 (8 babies).
Yaa as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
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#3,035 (8)
2024
#12,161 (7)
#3,016 (8)
2023
#15,194 (5)
#3,599 (6)
2022
#13,592 (6)
#5,670 (3)
2020
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#3,899 (5)
2019
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#5,591 (3)
2018
#9,151 (11)
#4,684 (4)
2017
#14,124 (6)
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2016
#16,215 (5)
#5,785 (3)
2015
#9,481 (11)
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2014
#13,069 (7)
#5,691 (3)
2013
#10,235 (10)
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2012
#12,199 (8)
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2011
#16,764 (5)
#4,764 (4)
2010
#13,448 (7)
#2,843 (8)
The tide so far
Peaked in England & Wales in 2025 at #3,035.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in England & Wales in 1997.
How common is it?
about 1 in 31,000 baby girls in the published England & Wales list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.