Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Yifan*

#14,868 most common boys' name of all time · #38,459 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 2010–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#14,868
Rank overall
#38,459 of 105,966
First appeared
2010
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
114
Since 2016
68
Peak year
2017 #5,775
Best rank
#5,775 2017
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
2020

Yifan first appears in 2010. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 7 7 #10,380
2023 — 8 8 #9,567
2020 — 6 6 #11,670
2019 — 7 7 #10,595
2018 — 9 9 #8,732
2017 — 16 16 #5,775
2016 5 10 15 #8,113
2015 — 5 5 #13,612
2014 — 8 8 #9,550
2013 — 10 10 #8,091
2012 — 8 8 #9,663
2011 5 5 10 #14,030
2010 — 5 5 #14,245