Boys' name · since 2016
Yucheng
22 babies named Yucheng in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,454 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yucheng sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 22 recorded since 2016.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yucheng has been recorded 22 times among boys since 2016, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2024.
- #28,454 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 22 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yucheng ranks #28,454 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,454 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yucheng's 22 recorded births place it above 37.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Yucheng's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yucheng's full recorded timeline at 2022, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yucheng popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2024.
22 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 7 births in a single year.
Yucheng by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (17 births, 77% of the file).
2020s was Yucheng's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Yucheng births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 17 births (77% of all-time use).
Yucheng decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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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, 2016–2024 (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 Yucheng 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.
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