Yaw

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yaw: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,716 in 2005, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1716highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2859
1998	#2419
1999	#2943
2001	#1949
2002	#2254
2003	#2189
2004	#2304
2005	#1716
2006	#2870
2007	#2023
2008	#2276
2009	#2318
2010	#1911
2011	#3830
2012	#3416
2013	#3822
2014	#2964
2015	#3908
2016	#4810
2017	#3996
2018	#3959
2021	#4789
2022	#3048
2023	#2160
2024	#3688

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1716 among boys in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yaw by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Yaw in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	4 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	63	9 of 10	7
2010s	45	9 of 10	5
2020s	24	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Yaw 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1716 in England and Wales in 2005.

Yaw'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	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,716, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 3 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 →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births 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.

Ryaan · #1716, 22y
Sayeda · #1715, 27y
Yael · #1715, 29y
Vita · #1718, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Labiba · #1715, 20y
Sayeda · #1715, 27y
Yael · #1715, 29y
Vita · #1718, 28y

Yaw 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 Yaw without appearing here.

Yaw moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4991.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2318 and #4527.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3996 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Yaw

Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3996 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #2693.
Aksel Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1911 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #2892.
Gunnar Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2964 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #3373.
Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #3112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #3254.

Moved the opposite way to Yaw

Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yaw went from #2023 to #3688 while Matheo went from #4333 to #1517.

Moved the same way as Yaw

Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yaw went from #2254 to #3688 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1716 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Yaw by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Yaw by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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