Yian — #5613 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Yian

The Social Security Administration has registered 114 babies named Yian between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yian currently holds the #5613 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Yian is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 22 additional births since 2018.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yian performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yian shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yian in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yian 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 114 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.