Unisex name · since 2008
Yichen
Yichen has 231 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,132 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,518 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 231
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yichen currently ranks #4518 among unisex names in America, with 231 babies recorded since 2008.
Yichen has 231 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4518 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #12,132 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,518 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 231 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yichen ranks #12,132 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,518 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 231 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,132 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,518 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 231
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yichen's 231 recorded births place it above 73.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Yichen compares
231 40th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yichen's all-time total is 37% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yichen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 231 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yichen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yichen's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yichen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Yichen popularity over time - girls
75 total births recorded since 2012 (Yichen as girls' name)
Yichen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (123 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Yichen's strongest decade.
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Yichen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
103 births
- 2020s
2020s
123 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 123 births (53% of all-time use).
Yichen by state
Where Yichen concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 82 | 35.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 7 | 3.0% |
| #3 | Washington | | 5 | 2.2% |
82 of 231 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- California records the most Yichens (82 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Yichen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.