Unisex name · since 1988
Yunuen
Yunuen has 290 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,228 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 290
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
290 girls have been named Yunuen since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Yunuen recorded 290 times among girls since 1988, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2022.
- #16,228 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 290 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yunuen ranks #16,228 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 290 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,228 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 290
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yunuen's 290 recorded births place it above 77.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Yunuen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yunuen splits its recorded history at 2003: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yunuen popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2022
- Peak year (2005)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Yunuen popularity over time - boys
46 total births recorded since 2016 (Yunuen as boys' name)
Yunuen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (125 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Yunuen's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Yunuen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
87 births
- 2000s
2000s
125 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 125 births (43% of all-time use).
Yunuen by state
Where Yunuen concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 128 | 44.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.7% |
128 of 290 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Yunuen's data
- Yunuen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (125 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yunuens (128 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 Yunuen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1988–2022 (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 Yunuen 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.