Recorded 2010–2018 Unisex name Peak 2016 48 births

Yihan — unisex name

48 babies named Yihan in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s48
2010s
Peak decade

100% of everyone ever named Yihan was born in this single decade.

2016
Single peak year

9 babies were named Yihan in 2016 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yihan

The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Yihan between 2010 and 2018, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yihan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Yihan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 12 additional births since 2013.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yihan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yihan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yihan 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 48 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.

Yihan at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

48

Since 2010

9 years of records

Peak year

2016

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2010

Recorded for 9 years

Last year on file: 2018

Yihan popularity over time — girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2010

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2016)
9
Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
45678910 2018201720162014201320122010 5

Yihan popularity over time — boys

12 total births recorded since 2013 (Yihan as boys' name)

Unisex variant — 12 births
6 20142013 6

Yihan by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
48 births that decade — 100% of Yihan's all-time total
2010s48

Yihan by state

Where Yihan concentrates geographically — total births since 2010

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Yihan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 10.4%
California share of Yihan's total US births 10.4%

5 of 48 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yihan?
48 babies have been named Yihan since 2010. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2016 with 9 births.
When was Yihan most popular?
Yihan was most popular in the 2010s decade with 48 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
Where is Yihan most popular?
The top states for the name Yihan are California (5 births).
Is Yihan a unisex name?
Yes, Yihan is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 48 births, and as a boy's name it has 12 births.
How long has the name Yihan been used?
Yihan has been recorded in Social Security data since 2010, spanning 9 years of data through 2018.

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, 2010–2018 (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.