Unisex name · since 2002
Yue
Yue has 142 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,381 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,231 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yue is the #9231 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 142 recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Yue recorded 142 times among girls since 2002, holding rank #9231 nationally today, ahead of 47% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #23,381 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,231 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 142 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yue ranks #23,381 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,231 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 142 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,381 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,231 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yue's 142 recorded births place it above 67.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Yue compares
142 31st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Yue's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yue | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 142 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yue's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yue splits its recorded history at 2018: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yue popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Yue popularity over time - boys
86 total births recorded since 1982 (Yue as boys' name)
Yue by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (70 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Yue's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Yue births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
67 births
- 2020s
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 70 births (49% of all-time use).
Yue by state
Where Yue concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 7.0% |
10 of 142 births nationwide.
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What to do with Yue's data
- California records the most Yues (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yue: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Yue 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.