girls:
16 births since 2018
#5700 (0th percentile)
boys:
97 births since 2011
#4489 (2nd percentile)
overall:
113 births since 2011
#7626 (1st percentile)
The name Yian is the #7,626 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 113 recorded births since 2011. This represents the 1.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,489 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 97 births since 2011. For girls, it ranks #5,700 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 2018.
Yian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2011 (2011 for boys and 2018 for girls). Birth data for Yian is available in 11 out of the 13 years between 2011 and 2023 (11 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Yian has been given predominantly to boys, with 85.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 73.9% of babies named Yian were boys.
For boys, Yian reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #899) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Yian is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #899 (1.3% percentile) with 9 births per million.
For girls, Yian reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #946) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Yian is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #946 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yian".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Yian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.9% confident that Yian is pronounced as YEE-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is YAI-uhn, at 12.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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