How Many People Are Named Yakia?
An estimated 28 people in the United States have the first name Yakia. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 34 years old, and Yakia peaked in popularity in 2002 with 8 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yakia 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 Yakia paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Yakia is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
28
About 1 in 12,241,226 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
34
years old
Peak Year
2002
8 births
Total Registered
29
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yakia
Yakia is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 29 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Yakia as a female name
Ranked #12,158 in 2002
8 female births in 2002
Peak: 2002 (8 births)
Yakia: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yakia span from the 1970s to the 2000s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 11 babies were registered. While Yakia is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Yakia by Decade
How has Yakia 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.
Yakia + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yakia as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Yakia
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
Yakia: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yakia?
We estimate approximately 28 people named Yakia 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 12,241,226 Americans share this first name.
Is Yakia a common name?
Yakia is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 45.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 29 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yakia most popular?
Yakia reached peak popularity in 2002, when 8 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yakia is approximately 34 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yakia a female name?
Yakia is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yakia Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yakia Smith, Yakia Johnson, Yakia 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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