The baby name Yaba is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced YAH-bah.
Yaba is Akan in Origin.
The baby name Yaba is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced YAH-bah.
Yaba is Akan in Origin.
Yaba is a predominantly feminine name from coastal West Africa, especially Ghana. Within the Akan day-naming system it marks a girl born on Thursday, sitting alongside Akan Yaa (Thursday-born female) and the Fante form Aba; in neighboring Ewe the cognate is Yawa. In contemporary usage Yaba is treated as a regional/compound variant, sometimes folk-etymologized from Akan Yaa + ba “child,” yielding the sense “Thursday’s child.”
The name has long-standing use in Ghana and the diaspora wherever Akan naming customs traveled, and it remains common in Fante and Ga-Dangme communities. Cross-cultural echoes appear in Yoruba, where Yaba is occasionally a clipped modern form of Iyabode/Iyabo, meaning “mother has returned” (a different etymology and meaning). Related variants and counterparts include Yaa, Aba, and Yawa; masculine peers are Yaw (Akan) and Yao (Ewe).
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF | Boys | 0 | #26 | 1 | 439 |
| GH | 0 | #247 | 2 | 5,396 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #315 | 10 | 6,973 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| France | Girls | 1986 | #359 | 3 | 1,780 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #359 | 3 | 8,138 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #436 | 10 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #518 | 1 | 9,861 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #523 | 1 | 11,913 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #559 | 3 | 10,655 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #560 | 2 | 19,177 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #570 | 6 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #586 | 2 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #603 | 3 | 10,045 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #622 | 1 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| LB | 0 | #687 | 4 | 13,263 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #692 | 6 | 13,071 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #738 | 6 | 18,093 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #805 | 2 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #818 | 9 | 15,093 |
| TN | 0 | #862 | 4 | 13,765 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #913 | 6 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #924 | 2 | 15,035 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #935 | 17 | 16,906 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,008 | 2 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,011 | 4 | 25,931 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,036 | 4 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,081 | 12 | 22,615 |
| MA | 0 | #1,107 | 22 | 20,986 | |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,150 | 3 | 16,140 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,226 | 9 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,250 | 5 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,462 | 10 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,593 | 22 | 28,008 |
Yaba is popular in 37 countries — most recent births per country:
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