Yi
Rank in 2025
#9457
recorded as girls
#6143
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
24
girls 10 · boys 14
Peak year
2018
25 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
486
since 1980
Born a Yi? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Yi was most popular in 2018, when 25 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). In 2025, 14 babies were named Yi, ranking #6143 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 24%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 9457 | 14 | 6143 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11122 | 12 | 6832 |
| 2023 | 11 | 8989 | 12 | 6897 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10383 | 15 | 5874 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 11 | 7089 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12142 | 14 | 5980 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11356 | 15 | 5813 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 25 | 4094 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14124 | 13 | 6338 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11781 | 11 | 7157 |
| 2015 | 9 | 10866 | 15 | 5746 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 11 | 7048 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 15 | 5659 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 11 | 7050 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 8 | 8767 |
| 2010 | 5 | 16992 | 5 | 12231 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 7 | 9864 |
| 2008 | 6 | 15405 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 13924 | 9 | 8173 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10611 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 8 | 11834 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 11 | 9264 | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | 6 | 13844 | 8 | 7831 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 7 | 8456 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10102 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 6 | 13154 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 9 | 6530 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14122 | 5 | 9631 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12070 | 8 | 6618 |
| 1996 | 5 | 13518 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 7 | 6992 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 5 | 8800 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 9 | 5660 |
| 1991 | 5 | 13147 | 6 | 7271 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 7 | 9244 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 5 | 6315 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10275 | 6 | 5484 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 5 | 10392 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 37% · boys 63% across all years