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Origin & history of Yaw1
African / Akan / Ghanaian / Twi / WesternAfrican roots
Yaw comes from the African / Akan / Ghanaian / Twi / WesternAfrican tradition, meaning Born on a Thursday.
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How popular is Yaw?
1997
peak year
The name Yaw reached its peak in 1997, with 18 registrations (ranked #3873). It first surfaced in U.S. records in 1973, roughly 24 years before its peak. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #9049) today, averaging about 9 new babies per year. Yaw's usage has held roughly steady recently. Across all years on record, approximately 398 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
18
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #3,873)
(ranked #3,873)
9
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
90
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
398
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Yaw4
Life path number
The Builder
Discipline, reliability and masterful building.
🏗️Builder
📋Organised
💪Hardworking
🎯Detail-oriented
Y7
A1
W5
Sum: 13 → Life path 4
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Personality of Yaw🏛️
Steady & reliable
When they make a promise, they keep it.
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Methodical
Thorough, careful, precise.
💪
Quietly powerful
Their strength is always there when it matters.
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Grounded
No matter what swirls around them, they stay centred.
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