Yue

#9,435 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Cross, surpass or moon

Yue has been given to 228 babies in the U.S. since 2002. In 2025 it ranked #9,435 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 15 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% girls, 38% boys all-time.

Babies named Yue, 2025

1 in 301,000

Yue over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Yue over time

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

19822025

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.

Yue: meaning, origin, and history

Cross, surpass or moon

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Yue means

Yue means “cross, surpass or moon”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 142 girls were recorded with the name Yue between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2021; its best national rank was #7,617 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,522 in 2020 to #9,435 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,960 in 2015 to #9,435 in 2025.

In the United States, 86 boys were recorded with the name Yue between 1982 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1993; its best national rank was #4,685 in 1993.

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 Yue?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 146,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,435
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Yue sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Yue. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Yues were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Yue was born before 2019 — so the typical Yue is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
49.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
142
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 49.3% of all recorded uses (70).

Is Yue 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
−1,015
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+87
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+3,525
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.38×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
73.3%
Peak was 2021 (15)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
37.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,617
2021

Where Yue is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Yue was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,601,278 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Yue has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Yue is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Yue was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 457,336 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Yue has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Yue around the world

Where Yue 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
    2009–2019
    #4,686
    in 2019
  • France
    2012–2012
    #7,980
    in 2012
  • Canada
    1993–2022
    #2,896
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1994–2010
    #801
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Yue by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,435
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 87
Best rank ever
#7,617
2021
Peak year
2021
15 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
142
Count in 2025
11

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,685
1993
Peak year
1993
13 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2021
All-time count
86
Count in 2025
Under 5

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