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Yen Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Yen?

Mostly unused in the United States, less than 5 babies were bestowed the name in 2018.

Uncommon, Yen would be a striking name choice.

Position 2830, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1982 with 33 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Yen was less than 5, most recently in 2018.

Yen, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1978-1982.

Sometimes the name Yen has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Yen has been spiralling downward for a while. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Yen for their newborn has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Yen?

Yen's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Yen is mostly unused and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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   Yen (Girl)Yen (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- < 5 --
2017 < 5 -- < 5 --
2016 7 14,249 < 5 --
2015 7 14,404 < 5 --
2014 6 16,412 < 5 --
2013 < 5 -- < 5 --
2012 6 16,750 < 5 --
2011 14 8,589 < 5 --
2010 12 9,755 < 5 --
2009 11 10,641 < 5 --
2008 14 8,943 < 5 --
2007 10 11,592 < 5 --
2006 12 9,887 < 5 --
2005 9 11,803 5 13,312
2004 11 9,868 < 5 --
2003 10 10,403 5 12,710
2002 < 5 -- < 5 --
2001 10 10,081 < 5 --
2000 13 8,016 < 5 --
1999 9 10,323 6 9,878
1998 14 7,095 < 5 --
1997 13 7,273 < 5 --
1996 7 11,777 < 5 --
1995 10 8,755 < 5 --
1994 16 5,978 < 5 --
1993 9 9,544 < 5 --
1992 18 5,475 < 5 --
1991 21 4,804 < 5 --
1990 10 8,485 7 7,163
1989 19 4,844 < 5 --
1988 26 3,688 7 6,411
1987 15 5,309 < 5 --
1986 22 3,888 6 6,704
1985 32 2,935 < 5 --
1984 27 3,230 6 6,299
1983 26 3,236 < 5 --
1982 33 2,830 < 5 --
1981 27 3,247 < 5 --
1980 19 4,143 < 5 --
1979 10 6,684 < 5 --
1978 5 11,446 < 5 --
1977 < 5 -- < 5 --
1976 9 6,601 < 5 --
1975 5 10,590 < 5 --
1974 < 5 -- < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.