Yee
Last seen for girls in 1997 at #9,802 · Last seen for boys in 2000 at #6,839
Given to boys 58.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 281since 1880
Yee 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
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| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
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| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
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| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
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| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
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| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
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| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
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| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
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| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Yee was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1892, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Yee is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#1,156 · 1 in 24,820
Best ever in a state: #414 in Minnesota, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #1,156 | 9 | 1 in 24,820 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Yee
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
- Biggest jump: 28 spots in 1881 (#809 → #781)
- Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1895 (#857 → #1,079)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #781 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1880–1882
- Highest: 1 in 16,045 boys born in 1893 were named Yee (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 218,222 boys born in 2000 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #781 in 1881, was only 1 in 16,789 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 38.8% of all boys named Yee (109) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1995, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1880s | 23 | #781 (1881) | #841 |
| 1890s | 26 | #836 (1893) | #906 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,162 (1900) | #1,184 |
| 1910s | 0 | — | — |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 103 | #2,779 (1981) | #4,107 |
| 1990s | 109 | #3,325 (1991) | #5,591 |
| 2000s | 9 | #6,839 (2000) | #6,839 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Yee in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 286,805 of them was named Yee, which outranked 25.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,318Zofia7
- #8,318Zora7
- #8,318Zorina7
- #9,307Yee6
- #9,307Abi6
- #9,307Adaline6
- #9,307Adana6
- #10,677Aamanda5
- #10,677Aarthi5
- #10,677Abbagail5
Tied with 1,369 names at #9,307; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 115,513 of them was named Yee, which outranked 61.2% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,828Vang17
- #2,828Wynton17
- #2,828Zak17
- #2,942Yee16
- #2,942Aaren16
- #2,942Adnan16
- #2,942Adrion16
- #3,070Aamir15
- #3,070Adel15
- #3,070Akeen15
Tied with 127 names at #2,942; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.