Yen
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Yen is a girls' name of Chinese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Yen mean?
Chinese: Chinese; also Vietnamese Yến and Korean
Yen can be Vietnamese Yến, 'swallow', or a Chinese or Korean name with other meanings.
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Is Yen a girl's or a boy's name?
Yen is a girls' name.
How popular is Yen in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1982, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Yen in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1988, 79% of the babies named Yen in the US were girls.
Yen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 33 | #2,770 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
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