Arabic origin
Source-reportedThe male name is ultimately from Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā); likely through a West African language.
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: YayaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Loading your next page…
Loading your next page…
A name. A world of connections.
Arabic roots
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Yaya is a unisex given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Arabic يَحْيَى.
Separate records with matching spellings: Yaya (English, Sediq)
The male name is ultimately from Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā); likely through a West African language.
02 / Across borders
Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.
The name atlas
13
countries in our sources
Select a country to follow Yaya’s connections around the world.
4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
Selected country
Statistics + language records
United States, 2025: 6 boys (rank 10695). Documented as a given name in English.
Explore United States4 of 13 countries
03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1900–2025 Spelling: YAYA
Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.
Source: Insee · Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
« VALEUR : fréquence arrondie au multiple de 5 le plus proche ». « La mise en place de cet arrondi, à partir de la diffusion de juillet 2025, est motivée par la variabilité de quelques unités d'une année à l'autre des fréquences et par la mise en œuvre des obligations relatives au secret statistique. » « En raison des arrondis, la somme des effectifs départementaux peut différer des effectifs régionaux ou nationaux. » Every observation is therefore valueStatus=rounded (verified: 0 rows with a count that is not a multiple of 5).
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1920 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1921 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1922 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1923 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1924 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1927 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1928 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1929 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1930 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1931 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1932 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1933 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1934 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | 5 | 1,160 | rounded |
| 1964 | 5 | 1,427 | rounded |
| 1965 | 5 | 1,753 | rounded |
| 1966 | 5 | 1,642 | rounded |
| 1967 | 5 | 1,742 | rounded |
| 1968 | 5 | 1,128 | rounded |
| 1969 | 5 | 1,261 | rounded |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | 5 | 1,291 | rounded |
| 1973 | 5 | 1,208 | rounded |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | 10 | 1,071 | rounded |
| 1976 | 5 | 1,414 | rounded |
| 1977 | 10 | 1,113 | rounded |
| 1978 | 10 | 1,165 | rounded |
| 1979 | 5 | 2,390 | rounded |
| 1980 | 5 | 2,344 | rounded |
| 1981 | 5 | 2,099 | rounded |
| 1982 | 15 | 1,043 | rounded |
| 1983 | 10 | 1,238 | rounded |
| 1984 | 25 | 713 | rounded |
| 1985 | 15 | 909 | rounded |
| 1986 | 15 | 884 | rounded |
| 1987 | 15 | 904 | rounded |
| 1988 | 15 | 989 | rounded |
| 1989 | 15 | 1,045 | rounded |
| 1990 | 15 | 1,159 | rounded |
| 1991 | 20 | 954 | rounded |
| 1992 | 10 | 1,311 | rounded |
| 1993 | 15 | 1,056 | rounded |
| 1994 | 20 | 967 | rounded |
| 1995 | 10 | 1,310 | rounded |
| 1996 | 10 | 1,581 | rounded |
| 1997 | 15 | 1,268 | rounded |
| 1998 | 20 | 1,016 | rounded |
| 1999 | 10 | 1,560 | rounded |
| 2000 | 20 | 1,204 | rounded |
| 2001 | 10 | 1,702 | rounded |
| 2002 | 10 | 1,687 | rounded |
| 2003 | 15 | 1,531 | rounded |
| 2004 | 15 | 1,623 | rounded |
| 2005 | 20 | 1,397 | rounded |
| 2006 | 15 | 1,544 | rounded |
| 2007 | 20 | 1,483 | rounded |
| 2008 | 15 | 1,812 | rounded |
| 2009 | 15 | 1,819 | rounded |
| 2010 | 20 | 1,627 | rounded |
| 2011 | 15 | 2,146 | rounded |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,974 | rounded |
| 2013 | 25 | 1,411 | rounded |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,426 | rounded |
| 2015 | 25 | 1,435 | rounded |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,997 | rounded |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,451 | rounded |
| 2018 | 35 | 1,117 | rounded |
| 2019 | 35 | 1,151 | rounded |
| 2020 | 35 | 1,077 | rounded |
| 2021 | 50 | 868 | rounded |
| 2022 | 40 | 985 | rounded |
| 2023 | 50 | 862 | rounded |
| 2024 | 65 | 666 | rounded |
| 2025 | 30 | 1,156 | rounded |
Statistics count the spelling “YAYA” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-07-16 · Retrieved 2026-10-14 · LO-2.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Ivorian association football player
French footballer (born 1993)
American actress and model
Cameroonian association football player
A little story to keep
Take the story of Yaya with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.
06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
