Recorded 1989–1998 Boys' name Peak 1989 40 births

Yeeleng — boys' name

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

1980s91990s31
1990s
Peak decade

78% of everyone ever named Yeeleng was born in this single decade.

1989
Single peak year

9 babies were named Yeeleng in 1989 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yeeleng

The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Yeeleng between 1989 and 1998, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yeeleng currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yeeleng performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yeeleng shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yeeleng in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yeeleng 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 40 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.

Yeeleng at a glance

Last recorded 1998

Total births

40

Since 1989

10 years of records

Peak year

1989

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1998

Active since

1989

Recorded for 10 years

Last year on file: 1998

Yeeleng popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1989

Last recorded 1998
Peak year (1989)
9
Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
45678910 199819961994199319921989 9

Yeeleng by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
31 births that decade — 78% of Yeeleng's all-time total
1980s91990s31

Yeeleng by state

Where Yeeleng concentrates geographically — total births since 1989

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Yeeleng
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Wisconsin
5 12.5%
Wisconsin share of Yeeleng's total US births 12.5%

5 of 40 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yeeleng?
40 babies have been named Yeeleng since 1989. It was last recorded in 1998. The peak year was 1989 with 9 births.
When was Yeeleng most popular?
Yeeleng was most popular in the 1990s decade with 31 total births. The single peak year was 1989.
Where is Yeeleng most popular?
The top states for the name Yeeleng are Wisconsin (5 births).
How long has the name Yeeleng been used?
Yeeleng has been recorded in Social Security data since 1989, spanning 10 years of data through 1998.
What names are similar to Yeeleng?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yee. 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, 1989–1998 (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.