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How popular is the name Yee?

Births per year, rank history and how many Yees are alive today.

Yee (female), a spelling of Yi, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2011 (ranked 4764th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1998, when 5 babies were given the name, the 2701st most popular that year.

Across all spellings of the name, the Yi you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Yis born in England and Wales are between 14 and 25, and there are at least 340 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Yi - on average, only one in every 927 such rooms contains a Yi.

How many babies are named Yee each year?

Includes all spellings: Yee, Ye, Yi. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

01020200020201996: 91998: 52000: 52001: 32002: 72003: 92004: 112005: 192006: 192007: 132008: 272009: 202010: 202011: 242012: 172013: 122014: 122015: 102016: 52017: 62019: 62020: 62022: 42025: 3actual

Where does the Yee spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020001996: ranked 3,1261998: ranked 2,7012000: ranked 2,7462006: ranked 5,0612011: ranked 4,764

Where does the Ye spelling rank?

1101001,00010,0002002: ranked 4,1372003: ranked 4,3732004: ranked 3,1972006: ranked 5,0612008: ranked 3,3972009: ranked 5,5562010: ranked 4,688

Where does the Yi spelling rank?

1101001,00010,000200020201996: ranked 2,6832001: ranked 3,9982002: ranked 3,4092003: ranked 2,7272004: ranked 2,8022005: ranked 1,2432006: ranked 1,7482007: ranked 1,8542008: ranked 1,3442009: ranked 1,5962010: ranked 1,7312011: ranked 1,4892012: ranked 1,7202013: ranked 2,1762014: ranked 2,2032015: ranked 2,4962016: ranked 4,0962017: ranked 3,5832019: ranked 3,5412020: ranked 3,4472022: ranked 4,6462025: ranked 5,927

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Yee per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 27 in 2008
Yee: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Yee most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Yi, peaked in 2008, when 27 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Yee spelling itself peaked in 1998, with 5 babies.

How many people are called Yee?

At least 340 people named Yee in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Yee?

Most living Yees are between 14 and 25; the most common age is about 17.

Is Yee becoming more or less popular?

It has faded from the rankings.






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