Yaa
Girl · YAH · Akan
Yaa is a girls' name of Akan origin, meaning “born on Thursday”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies).
What does Yaa mean?
Akan: Akan day name
“born on Thursday”
Yaa Asantewaa led the Ashanti War of the Golden Stool against the British in 1900.
- Say it
- YAH
Is Yaa a girl's or a boy's name?
Yaa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yaa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Yaa, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Yaa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Yaa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Yaa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Yaa in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yaa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Yaa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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