All around the world, ヤバ (Yaba 
, ヤバ ) is quite a common epicene first name. The forename ヤバ is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Senegal, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Ivory Coast, where it is a rare feminine name, and Nigeria, where it is a rare mostly boy's, but infrequently female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in India, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More frequently, ヤバ is the last name as well as the forename.