| Naava | Yaffa | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Beautiful, pleasant | Beautiful |
| Origin | hebrew | hebrew |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | NAH-vah | YAH-fuh |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2020 (21) | 2025 (23) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Rising | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Naava | Yaffa |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 90 | 78 |
| 2010s | 132 | 105 |
| 2000s | 46 | 108 |
| 1990s | 0 | 56 |
| 1980s | 0 | 63 |
| 1970s | 0 | 48 |
| 1950s | 0 | 5 |
From Hebrew נָאוָה (na'avah) 'beautiful, comely, pleasant', as in the Song of Songs ('I am dark and beautiful'). The sense covers both 'beautiful' and 'pleasant/fitting'.
From Hebrew יָפֶה/יָפָה (yafeh/yafah) 'beautiful, lovely'. Yaffa (also Yafit) is a modern Hebrew beauty name; the same root names the city Jaffa ('the beautiful').
Naava and Yaffa are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Naava means Beautiful, pleasant (hebrew origin), while Yaffa means Beautiful (hebrew origin).
In US records, Naava first appears in 0 and Yaffa in 0, so Naava has the longer recorded history.