Yetta comes from the Yiddish tradition, meaning Light.
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How popular is Yetta?
1916peak year
Yetta appears in U.S. registration data going all the way back to 1880, when records begin. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 1916, 197 babies received the name (ranked #455). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #17508), with roughly 5 babies named Yetta each year. In total, around 3,793 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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