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Yuchen

#13,858 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Rain or jade, agate

Yuchen has been given to 128 babies in the U.S. since 2009. In 2025 it ranked #13,858 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 12 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% boys, 14% girls all-time.

Babies named Yuchen, 2025

1 in 663,000

Yuchen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Yuchen over time

In 2025, Yuchen went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

20092025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Yuchen: meaning, origin, and history

Rain or jade, agate

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Yuchen means

Yuchen means “rain or jade, agate”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Yuchen is used in Chinese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /y.ʈ͡ʂʰən/ for Yuchen.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 110 boys were recorded with the name Yuchen between 2009 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2019; its best national rank was #7,152 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,705 in 2020 to #13,858 in 2025.

In the United States, 18 girls were recorded with the name Yuchen between 2014 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2014; its best national rank was #15,834 in 2017.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Yuchen?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,858
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Yuchen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Yuchen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Yuchens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Yuchen was born before 2018 — so the typical Yuchen is around 7 today.

Median birth year
2018
About 7 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
64.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
110
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Choose a decade

2010s — 64.5% of all recorded uses (71).

Is Yuchen rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−6,621
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−5,153
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
41.7%
Peak was 2019 (12)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,152
2019

Spellings of Yuchen

Yuchen is not the most common spelling — Lucien is, with 98.9% against Yuchen's 1.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Yuchen around the world

Where Yuchen ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2012–2021
    #4,789
    in 2021
  • Canada
    2011–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Yuchen by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,858
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 5,153
Best rank ever
#7,152
2019
Peak year
2019
12 that year
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
110
Count in 2025
5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#15,834
2017
Peak year
2014
6 that year
First recorded
2014
Last recorded
2017
All-time count
18
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Yuchen

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

YichenOshenBohenLaithenLathenGoshenKashenJathenZhenEithenAithenRohenZichenJaythenZephenCashenNaythenAshenYuchengEathenReichenNaithenMuchenLaythen

Sibling names for Yuchen

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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