Boys' name · since 2015
Yien
Since 2015, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Yien, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,716 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yien sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 15 recorded since 2015.
Yien has 15 recorded births among boys since 2015, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2015 to 2023.
- #31,716 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 15 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yien ranks #31,716 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,716 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yien's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Yien's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yien splits its recorded history at 2020: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births).
Yien popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2023
- Peak year (2015)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Yien by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
2020s was Yien's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Yien births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yien: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2015–2023 (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 Yien 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.