Boys' name · since 2017
Yuheng
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 29 babies named Yuheng, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,238 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,473 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
29 babies have been named Yuheng since 2017, making it today's #10473 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yuheng has been recorded 29 times among boys since 2017, currently ranked #10473 nationally and more common than 25% of boys, 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 2017 to 2025.
- #26,238 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,473 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 29 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yuheng ranks #26,238 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,473 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 29 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,238 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,473 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yuheng's 29 recorded births place it above 42.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Yuheng compares
29 11th 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
Yuheng's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yuheng | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 29 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yuheng's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yuheng's full recorded timeline at 2024, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yuheng popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Yuheng by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (15 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Yuheng's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Yuheng births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
14 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 15 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yuheng: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~8 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, 2017–2025 (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 Yuheng 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.