Yen
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #12,145
Given to girls 92.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 33 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 564since 1975
Yen over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | — | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #10,894 | 5 |
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| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,144 | 27 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,770 | 33 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
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| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Yen! It came in at #9,067, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1978, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Yen is popular in 1984
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#1,757 · 1 in 24,075
Best ever in a state: #1,410 in California, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #1,757 | 8 | 1 in 24,075 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Yen
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1982 at #2,770 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 51,313 girls born in 1982 were named Yen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 43.6% of all girls named Yen (246) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2019, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 29 | #6,048 (1976) | #7,764 |
| 1980s | 246 | #2,770 (1982) | #3,615 |
| 1990s | 127 | #4,650 (1991) | #7,392 |
| 2000s | 100 | #7,580 (2000) | #9,488 |
| 2010s | 52 | #8,196 (2011) | #12,138 |
| 2020s | 10 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,197 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Yen in 1984
Top girls' names in 1984
Top boys' names in 1984
More about 1984
girls
1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 62,364 of them was named Yen, which outranked 74.2% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,069Xenia28
- #3,069Zabrina28
- #3,069Zoila28
- #3,144Yen27
- #3,144Adelaide27
- #3,144Adriann27
- #3,144Allisha27
- #3,233Adrean26
- #3,233Allissa26
- #3,233Ambria26
Tied with 88 names at #3,144; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 300,808 of them was named Yen, which outranked 24.2% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).