Yen

Boy · recorded 1984–2019

  • 2019last recorded
  • 1988best year

Most popular in 1988.

Last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Yen.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1984

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 8 recorded years as a table
Yen, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19843
19863
19884
19903
19993
20033
20053
20193

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Yen isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2019
5
Rank in 2019
#12,145
How rare
1 in 358,843 boys
Since 1984
47

Yen was last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1988, at 4 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Yen doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.