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 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#1,618 · 1 in 20,637
- Texas#1,840 · 1 in 25,985
Best ever in a state: #1,410 in California, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,618 | 9 | 1 in 20,637 |
| Texas | #1,840 | 5 | 1 in 25,985 |
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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 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 51,313 of them was named Yen, which outranked 77.5% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,704Winnie34
- #2,704Zabrina34
- #2,704Zenobia34
- #2,770Yen33
- #2,770Akira33
- #2,770Allisha33
- #2,770Amethyst33
- #2,830Adelaida32
- #2,830Adia32
- #2,830Adrea32
Tied with 59 names at #2,770; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.