Boys' name · since 2017
Zhiyuan
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 11 babies named Zhiyuan, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,307 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zhiyuan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 11 recorded since 2017.
Social Security Administration records show Zhiyuan recorded 11 times among boys since 2017, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, 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 2017 to 2020.
- #34,307 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zhiyuan ranks #34,307 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #34,307 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zhiyuan's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zhiyuan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zhiyuan splits its recorded history at 2020: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zhiyuan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2020
- Peak year (2020)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Zhiyuan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Zhiyuan's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Zhiyuan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zhiyuan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2017–2020 (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 Zhiyuan 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.