Recorded 2016–2021 Boys' name Peak 2016 17 births

Yexian — boys' name

17 babies named Yexian in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s122020s5
2010s
Peak decade

71% of everyone ever named Yexian was born in this single decade.

2016
Single peak year

6 babies were named Yexian in 2016 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yexian

The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Yexian between 2016 and 2021, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yexian currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yexian performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yexian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yexian 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 17 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.

Yexian at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

17

Since 2016

6 years of records

Peak year

2016

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

2016

Recorded for 6 years

Last year on file: 2021

Yexian popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2016

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2016)
6
Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
4.555.566.5 202120172016 6

Yexian by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
12 births that decade — 71% of Yexian's all-time total
2010s122020s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yexian?
17 babies have been named Yexian since 2016. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2016 with 6 births.
When was Yexian most popular?
Yexian was most popular in the 2010s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Yexian been used?
Yexian has been recorded in Social Security data since 2016, spanning 6 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Yexian?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yexiel. 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, 2016–2021 (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.