2025 rank (boys)
#10,695
Babies named in 2025
6
Peak popularity
2021
2025 frequency
1 in 284,679 boys
Usually for
Boys
Trend
Rising since 2017
Rising since 2017, #10,695 for boys today.
Popularity of Yaya since 1999
Babies named Yaya per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 |
| 2000s | 17 |
| 2010s | 19 |
| 2020s | 30 |
“Yaya” around the world
Where Yaya lands in the latest official birth statistics abroad, matched to the U.S. spelling.
France
65
babies in 2024
Sources: INSEE (France).
