Yaw
A boys’ name of Akan origin, meaning born on thursday.
Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies
Yaw by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Yaw. In the US, 8 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 18 babies in 1997, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yaw. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.