Recorded 1989–2022 Unisex name Peak 2015 27 births

Ye — boys' name

27 babies named Ye in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s52010s122020s5
2010s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Ye was born in this single decade.

2015
Single peak year

7 babies were named Ye in 2015 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ye

The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Ye between 1989 and 2022, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ye currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Ye is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1999.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ye performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ye shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ye in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 27 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Ye at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

27

Since 1989

34 years of records

Peak year

2015

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1989

Recorded for 34 years

Last year on file: 2022

Ye popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1989

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2015)
7
Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 20222016201519981989 5

Ye popularity over time — girls

16 total births recorded since 1999 (Ye as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 16 births
4.555.566.5 200520041999 5

Ye by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
12 births that decade — 44% of Ye's all-time total
1980s51990s52010s122020s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ye?
27 babies have been named Ye since 1989. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2015 with 7 births.
When was Ye most popular?
Ye was most popular in the 2010s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
Is Ye a unisex name?
Yes, Ye is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 27 births, and as a girl's name it has 16 births.
How long has the name Ye been used?
Ye has been recorded in Social Security data since 1989, spanning 34 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Ye?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yehuda, Yeshua, Yehoshua, Yechiel, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.