Yilin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-LIN
- Origin
- Chinese
Yilin is a girls' name of Chinese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Yilin mean?
Chinese: Mandarin
A Mandarin given name whose meaning depends on which characters are used to write it.
Is Yilin a girl's or a boy's name?
Yilin is a girls' name.
How popular is Yilin in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 5 girls.
Yilin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
How popular is Yilin in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Yilin in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yilin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
Names like Yilin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yumna Yuna Kiki Minha Suki Rumi Dakota Miri Wren Remi Saoirse Mika
Names related to Yilin
More Chinese names
Lian Jia Mei Tai Tian Jun Mulan Yi Tao San Jian Han Mian Bao Xia Lin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yilin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yilin, updated 20 October 2026.