girl's name
Yaye
- Gender Girl
- Letters 4
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 170
Yaye is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 10 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in France in 2018, when 10 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 58,952 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1976.
Yaye over time
Births per decade in France, 1970s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 |
| 1980s | 25 |
| 1990s | 15 |
| 2000s | 45 |
| 2010s | 40 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 40 |
How popular is Yaye?
In 2025, Yaye was given to 10 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Yaye is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Yayé | Yayé is a rare spelling of Yaye, written with an acute accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Yaye
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Yaye also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Yaye over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Yaye
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Yaye — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Yaye
Is Yaye a girl's or a boy's name?
Yaye is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Yaye most popular?
Yaye peaked in 2018, when 10 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Yaye a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Yaye currently ranks #2,739 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.