Unisex name · since 2009
Yuchen
Yuchen has 110 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,831 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,080 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 110
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yuchen currently ranks #13080 among unisex names in America, with 110 babies recorded since 2009.
Social Security Administration records show Yuchen recorded 110 times among boys since 2009, holding rank #13080 nationally today, ahead of 6% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #16,831 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,080 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 110 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yuchen ranks #16,831 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,080 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 110 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,831 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,080 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 110
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yuchen's 110 recorded births place it above 62.99% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Yuchen compares
110 27th 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
Yuchen's all-time total is 70% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yuchen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 110 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yuchen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yuchen's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yuchen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Yuchen popularity over time - girls
18 total births recorded since 2014 (Yuchen as girls' name)
Yuchen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (71 births, 65% of the file).
2010s was Yuchen's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Yuchen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
71 births
- 2020s
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 71 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Yuchen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (71 total births) through the 2020s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yuchen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
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, 2009–2025 (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 Yuchen 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.