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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Yilin

Used in both girl and boy records

Yilin appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Yilin by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDYilin as a girl’s nameUS records 2008–2023
#23276girl rank2016peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDYilin as a boy’s nameUS records 2015–2022
#29553boy rank2022peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Yilin in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl201612 uses#886320162008–202010 listed years
Boy20155 uses#1207020152015–20151 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.