Yaa

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Yaa: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Yaa: Recorded since 1997, it reached #2,682 in 2005, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2682highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
2001	#3998
2002	#3409
2003	#3099
2004	#3725
2005	#2682
2006	#2781
2007	#5201
2010	#2843
2011	#4764
2014	#5691
2016	#5785
2018	#4684
2019	#5591
2020	#3899
2022	#5669
2023	#3598
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2682 among girls in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Yaa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Yaa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	33	7 of 10	5
2010s	25	6 of 10	4
2020s	22	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Yaa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2682 in England and Wales in 2005.

Yaa's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,682, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Edris · #2682, 16y
Elke · #2682, 17y
Najla · #2682, 15y
Noha · #2682, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Edris · #2682, 16y
Elke · #2682, 17y
Najla · #2682, 15y
Noha · #2682, 19y

Yaa and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Yaa without appearing here.

Yaa moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Kari Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5591 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.
Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Yaa

Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4764 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1977.
Eabha Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2843 and #3156 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2893.

Moved the same way as Yaa

Carol Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Yaa went from #3824 to #5591 and Carol from #897 to #5591.
Tyler Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Yaa went from #3824 to #5591 and Tyler from #242 to #4001.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2682 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yaa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Yaa and the names beside it

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Yaa at a glance

Yaa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Yaa and the names beside it

Yaa moved ahead of

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