How rare is the name Yen?

8,818 people in the United States have the first name Yen, about 1 in 34,252. It ranks #2,667 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

YEN

#2,667

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,818
About
1 in 34,252
This common or more
80.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,818 people named Yen, 97.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 90.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yen peaked in 1982, when 33 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752022
Peak year
1982
Births that year
33
In 2022
5 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 611 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Yen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #5,288. The largest share of babies named Yen, 56.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#14,94029
1980s#5,288265
1990s#10,371140
2000s#15,338110
2010s#22,86357
2020s#33,74410
Generation X 1965–807.9%
Millennials 1981–9656.3%
Generation Z 1997–1230.1%
2013 and later5.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Yen

#2,665 Gisselle · 8,830#2,666 Hien · 8,822#2,668 Ivana · 8,816#2,669 Tera · 8,809

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Yen, most common first.

#5,680 Yeni · 2,974#8,849 Yeny · 1,612#13,021 Yeon · 938#20,986 Yena · 488#39,641 Yean · 190#41,825 Yeun · 174#43,336 Yem · 163

Also a last name

As a last name, Yen ranks #6,238 of 156,621, with 5,259 people. See Yen as a last name

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