How Many People Are Named Yaffa?
An estimated 426 people in the United States have the first name Yaffa. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Yaffa peaked in popularity in 2019 with 19 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yaffa as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Yaffa paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
426
About 1 in 804,588 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2019
19 births
Total Registered
440
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yaffa
Yaffa is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 440 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Yaffa as a female name
Ranked #10,202 in 2024
10 female births in 2024
Peak: 2019 (19 births)
Yaffa: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yaffa span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 108 babies were registered. While Yaffa is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Yaffa by Decade
How has Yaffa tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Yaffa by State
Yaffa + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yaffa as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Yaffa: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yaffa?
We estimate approximately 426 people named Yaffa are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 804,588 Americans share this first name.
Is Yaffa a common name?
Yaffa is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 83% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 440 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yaffa most popular?
Yaffa reached peak popularity in 2019, when 19 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yaffa is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yaffa a female name?
Yaffa is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yaffa Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yaffa Smith, Yaffa Johnson, Yaffa Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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