Total births
15
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.
- 15
- total births
- 2015–2023
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that 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.
- 15 total births
- 2015–2023 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 67% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
15 boys have been named Yien since 2015, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2023.
- 15
- total births
- 2015–2023
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
67% of everyone ever named Yien was born in this single decade.
2015
Single peak year
5 babies were named Yien in 2015 - its busiest year on record.
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 at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
2015
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2015
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
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Yien? ▼
Yien has been given to 15 babies in the U.S. since 2015, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2023. 5 babies were born in 2015, its single highest year.
When was Yien most popular? ▼
Yien was most popular in the 2020s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Yien been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Yien since 2015 -- 9 years through the most recent 2023 data.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Yien: Baby Name Since 2015 - 15 Births, Peak 2015." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/yien. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 July 2026.