Yafa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YAH-fa
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
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Yafa is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Yafa mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew word yafa
“beautiful”
Hebrew yafa means 'beautiful'; Yafa is also the Arabic name of Jaffa, the ancient port beside Tel Aviv.
Is Yafa a girl's or a boy's name?
Yafa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yafa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Yafa, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 9 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Yafa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
How popular is Yafa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 204% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Yafa, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Yafa in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yafa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
Names like Yafa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zaha Rahma Hiba Faiza Saba Uma Hafsa Zayra Safaa Zaira Zaisha
Names related to Yafa
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yafa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yafa, updated 20 October 2026.