Yen

Where Yen comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Yen.

Yen through the years
  1. 1975
    First appearance
    #9,067 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1982
    Peak, #2,770
    33 babies named Yen, the most in any year.
  3. 1987
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #5,074.
  4. 2020
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

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