Yi**
#7,403 most common boys' name of all time · #18,618 across all names · 63% male / 37% female · used 1980–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#7,403
Rank overall
#18,618 of 105,966
First appeared
1980
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
486
Since 2016
209
Peak year
2018 #4,153
Best rank
#4,153 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 25/yr
Yi first appears in 1980. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #6,255 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12 | 20 | #6,980 |
| 2023 | 11 | 12 | 23 | #7,053 |
| 2022 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #5,991 |
| 2021 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,283 |
| 2020 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #6,117 |
| 2019 | 8 | 15 | 23 | #5,928 |
| 2018 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,153 |
| 2017 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #6,483 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #7,324 |
| 2015 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #5,857 |
| 2014 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,270 |
| 2013 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,769 |
| 2012 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,243 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,073 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,797 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,258 |
| 2008 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #8,471 |
| 2006 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 2005 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2004 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #10,472 |
| 2003 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #8,201 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,857 |
| 2001 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 2000 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1999 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #10,300 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #6,993 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1995 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,413 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,439 |
| 1992 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,962 |
| 1991 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #7,823 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,044 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #6,110 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | — |