# Yi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 486 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 304 / 182 (37% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 466, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 11 | 9,874 |
| 2005 | 8 | 12,975 |
| 2006 | 10 | 11,391 |
| 2007 | 7 | 15,428 |
| 2008 | 6 | 17,436 |
| 2010 | 5 | 19,748 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,806 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,838 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,831 |
| 2019 | 8 | 12,412 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,413 |
| 2022 | 9 | 11,206 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,586 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12,120 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10,084 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 9,574 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,532 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,909 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,537 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5,985 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,588 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,665 |
| 2018 | 25 | 4,219 |
| 2019 | 15 | 6,093 |
| 2020 | 14 | 6,282 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,565 |
| 2022 | 15 | 6,142 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7,275 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7,239 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,435 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 13 | 1,854 |
| 2008 | 21 | 1,344 |
| 2009 | 17 | 1,596 |
| 2010 | 16 | 1,731 |
| 2011 | 20 | 1,489 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,342 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,270 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Yi

- Wang Yi, Chinese diplomat leader, Director of the CCP Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office sin
- Sima Yi, Chinese general, politician and regent (179-251)
- Cheng Yi, Chinese philosopher (1033–1107)
- Tang Yi, Chinese swimmer (1993-)
- Huang Yi, Chinese actress and musician
- Chen Yi, Chinese politician, Kuomintang (1883-1950)
- Chen Yi, Chinese-American composer and violinist
- Zhang Yi, Chinese prime minister
- Yi, culture hero in Chinese mythology
- Wu Yi (Three Kingdoms), Chinese general of Shu Han state (died 237)
- Xian Yi Fang, French-Chinese table tennis player
- Emperor Xuánzong of Tang, Emperor of Tang China from 846 to 859 AD

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.