Yuchen — #7119 US boys' name
105 babies named Yuchen in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 50% of names given to boys today.
68% of everyone ever named Yuchen was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Yuchen in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yuchen
The Social Security Administration has registered 105 babies named Yuchen between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yuchen currently holds the #7119 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Yuchen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 18 additional births since 2014.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yuchen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yuchen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yuchen 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 105 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.
Yuchen at a glance
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Current rank
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Yuchen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2019)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #7119 among boys.
105 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 12 births in a single year.
Yuchen popularity over time — girls
18 total births recorded since 2014 (Yuchen as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Yuchen accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Yuchen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 71 births that decade — 68% of Yuchen's all-time total
Yuchen decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Yuchen's strongest decade
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
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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, 2009–2024 (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.