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Yun

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Cloud or allow, consent

Yun has been given to 104 babies in the U.S. since 1980. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1980, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 75% girls, 25% boys all-time.

Babies named Yun, 2016

1 in 734,000

Yun over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2016, Yun went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19752016

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.

Yun: meaning, origin, and history

Cloud or allow, consent

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Yun means

Yun means “cloud or allow, consent”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Yun is used in Chinese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /yn/ for Yun.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 78 girls were recorded with the name Yun between 1980 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1980; its best national rank was #7,410 in 1980.

In the United States, 26 boys were recorded with the name Yun between 1975 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1985; its best national rank was #6,328 in 1975.

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 Yun?

Yun had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2016, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2016
1 in 734,000
5 of 3,669,531 births
Among girls only
1 in 354,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2016
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
508,706 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Yun 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 2016 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 508,706 children born in 2016 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Yun. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Yuns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Yun was born before 1989 — so the typical Yun is around 36 today.

Median birth year
1989
About 36 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
51.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
48.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
78
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 51.3% of all recorded uses (40).

Is Yun 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1980 (9)
Years since peak
45
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
6.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,410
1980

Yun around the world

Where Yun 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
    1998–2012
    #5,876
    in 2012
  • France
    2012–2012
    #7,293
    in 2012
  • Canada
    1995–2012
    #3,249
    in 2012
  • South Australia
    1974–2010
    #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.

Yun by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#7,410
1980
Peak year
1980
9 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2016
All-time count
78
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,328
1975
Peak year
1985
6 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2006
All-time count
26
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Yun

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

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Sibling names for Yun

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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