Yaa
A girls’ name of Akan origin, meaning born on thursday.
Babies a year
8
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3035
8 babies
Yaa by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Yaa. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yaa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.