Yaa is a girl's name of African origin meaning “born on a Thursday.” In 2024 it was given to 7 girls in the United States.
Yaa belongs to the African tradition. Its meaning — “born on a Thursday” — is the sense carried by its African roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Yaa first appears in Social Security records in 1978. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #8303 in 1985, and in 2024 7 babies received the name — 269 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Yaa means “born on a Thursday” in its African roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Yaa is a girl name. In 2024, 7 babies received the name in the US.
Yaa comes from the African tradition.
Yaa first appears in US records in 1978. Its best-ever ranking was #8303 in 1985, and 7 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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