Yue
Mostly girls · YWEH · Chinese
Yue is a name of Chinese origin, meaning “moon; joy”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Yue mean?
Chinese: meaning depends on the character used
“moon; joy”
Common Chinese characters read Yue include those for moon and for joy.
- Say it
- YWEH
Is Yue a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Yue has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US.
How popular is Yue in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 girls.
Yue in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Yue in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Yue, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Yue in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yue in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Names like Yue
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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