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

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Peak · boys
#781
1881 · 6 births
Debut · boys
1880
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
281
since 1880

Yee over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #4,884, 1983peak #781, 1881girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1995#7,04112#5,9289
1994#8,8049#4,53713
1993#10,5887#5,00211
1992#6,00815#4,56412
1991#6,58813#3,32518
1990#5,54916#3,60716
1989#6,95511#3,20518
1988#7,6919#6,4266
1987#6,78810#3,95911
1986#4,96415#4,8538
1985#9,3076#2,94216
1984#5,89911#3,70111
1983#4,88414#5,4846
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1980#9,0956#3,61511
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First appearance
1880

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 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,571 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 38,050 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Yee, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,571 · 1 in 38,050

Best ever in a state: #414 in Minnesota, 1989.

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See more about Yee
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
  • Biggest jump: 28 spots in 1881 (#809 → #781)
  • Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1895 (#857 → #1,079)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #781 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1880–1882
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,045
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 38.8% of all boys named Yee (109) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1996
  • Mostly girls until 1995, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s23#781 (1881)#841
1890s26#836 (1893)#906
1900s11#1,162 (1900)#1,184
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1980s103#2,779 (1981)#4,107
1990s109#3,325 (1991)#5,591
2000s9#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 1986

girls
#4,964
15 births · 1 in 114,370 girls
boys
#4,853
8 births · 1 in 230,189 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #4,964Yee15

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #4,853Yee8
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 114,370 of them was named Yee, which outranked 61.3% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yee
  1. #4,724Xochilt16
  2. #4,724Xylina16
  3. #4,724Zelda16
  4. #4,964Yee15
  5. #4,964Aaryn15
  6. #4,964Adelita15
  7. #4,964Adia15
  8. #5,188Aimie14
  9. #5,188Aissa14
  10. #5,188Aleia14

Tied with 223 names at #4,964; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 230,189 of them was named Yee, which outranked 38.0% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yee
  1. #4,457Zedrick9
  2. #4,457Zephaniah9
  3. #4,457Ziyad9
  4. #4,853Yee8
  5. #4,853Abdel8
  6. #4,853Abelino8
  7. #4,853Abimael8
  8. #5,332Aaren7
  9. #5,332Abdurrahman7
  10. #5,332Abed7

Tied with 478 names at #4,853; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,279Spenser#2,226 → #947
  2. ↑ 920Jayce#1,614 → #694
  3. ↑ 714Addison#1,228 → #514
  4. ↑ 649Payton#1,614 → #965
  5. ↑ 573Cordell#1,181 → #608
Fallers
  1. ↓ 409Ulises#877 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 365Eliot#934 → #1,299
  3. ↓ 322Jordy#998 → #1,320
  4. ↓ 313Trace#956 → #1,269
  5. ↓ 292Kennith#963 → #1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1986 →