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Yi

Feminine

Yi is given to both — 182 girls and 304 boys since 1880. See other names given to both

1980high 2004
#9457 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare10 girls in 2025

Yi entered the US charts in 1980, peaked at #8989 in 2023, ranks #9457 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Yi?

Yi first appears in US birth records in 1980 — 45 years ago. The typical Yi alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 200 people named Yi are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Yi most popular?

Yi peaked in 2023, reaching #8989 nationally. Today it ranks #9457, 468 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1980–20251160111019802025

US babies named Yi per year from 1980 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#89891980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1980
Most girls named
200411 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#8989reached in 2023
Change vs 2024
+25.0%10 in 2025, from 8
Yi sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2004, with 11 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Yi in other languages

Strongest US states over the last decade: California.

Yis among us

200

people named Yi are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 160,727 born in 2025 was named Yi

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Yi

#9457
Yi on the 2025 chart
#943
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Yi went to 10 girls in 2025, but Yiyi is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 17, which makes it the 943rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 8,514 places above the chart.

  • Yi10
  • Yiyi7

About 1 girl in 94,545 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 160,727 for Yi itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Beza test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Yi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Beza climbed just as high around 2007, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Beza's path sketches the road Yi is walking now.

40%chance Yi will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Yi, aligned on its peakBeza· peak 2007not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+20 yrsBeza · #12424Yi today
Yi today is about where Beza stood in 2009 — 2 years past a #9007-sized peak. By 2024, Beza had settled around #12424.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Yi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Yi beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Yi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Yithis name10#9457Leta10#9457Inga10#9457Delphia10#9457Cammie10#9457

US girls given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Yis are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Yi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Yi?
Yi is the most-used spelling in US records — 10 of the 17 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Yiyi.
How popular is the name Yi in 2025?
Yi ranks #9457 among US girl names in 2025, with 10 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Yi?
About 1 in every 160,727 US girls born in 2025 was named Yi — 10 in all.
Will my child share the name Yi with classmates?
Yi will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Yi

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Leta#9457 · Inga#9457 · Delphia#9457 · Cammie#9457 · Lisandra#9457 · Amee#9457 · Venecia#9457 · Annetta#9457

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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology

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