girl's name
Yaffa
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 468
Yaffa is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2025, when 23 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 144,155 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1959.
Yaffa over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 |
| 1970s | 48 |
| 1980s | 63 |
| 1990s | 56 |
| 2000s | 108 |
| 2010s | 105 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 78 |
How popular is Yaffa?
In 2025, Yaffa was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Yaffa is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Yaffa
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Yaffa also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Yaffa over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Yaffa
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Yaffa — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Yaffa
How popular is the name Yaffa?
In 2025, Yaffa was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Yaffa a girl's or a boy's name?
Yaffa is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Yaffa most popular?
Yaffa peaked in 2025, when 23 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Yaffa a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Yaffa currently ranks #5,527 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.