How rare is the name Yi?

11,132 people in the United States have the first name Yi, about 1 in 27,132. It ranks #2,306 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

YI

#2,306

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,132
About
1 in 27,132
This common or more
79.3%
Who bears it

Of the 11,132 people named Yi, 96.6% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2% as White. 54.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yi peaked in 2018, when 25 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19802025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
25
In 2025*
24 ▼4%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 486 babies have been given the name since 1980. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Yi by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #10,130. The largest share of babies named Yi, 53.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#18,48028
1990s#16,00370
2000s#16,286100
2010s#12,120165
2020s#10,130123
Generation X 1965–801%
Millennials 1981–9612.3%
Generation Z 1997–1233.3%
2013 and later53.3%

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 Yi

#2,304 Thi · 11,169#2,305 Thu · 11,151#2,307 Mitzi · 11,127#2,308 Lenore · 11,122

Spelled almost the same

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

#12,860 Yia · 953#17,639 Yiu · 621

Also a last name

As a last name, Yi ranks #1,844 of 156,621, with 19,112 people. See Yi as a last name

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