girls:
413 births since 1991
#5303 (7th percentile)
overall:
413 births since 1991
#7326 (5th percentile)
The name Yemaya is the #7,326 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 413 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 5.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,303 (7.2% percentile) for all time with 413 births since 1991.
Yemaya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (first recorded for girls in 1991). Birth data for Yemaya is available in 24 out of the 33 years between 1991 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Yemaya reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #899) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 30 births per million (ranked 5.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Yemaya is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #899 (5.1% percentile) with 30 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yemaya".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Yemaya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.7% confident that Yemaya is pronounced as yeh-MAH-yuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is yeh-MUH-yuh, at 20.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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