# Yuan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yuan/  
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 | 212 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 175 / 37 (17% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 37, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8 | 13,435 |
| 2013 | 6 | 16,471 |
| 2016 | 7 | 14,285 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,932 |
| 2021 | 6 | 15,186 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17,635 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7 | 10,951 |
| 2010 | 5 | 14,206 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,690 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,701 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,478 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,634 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,741 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,643 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,629 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,995 |
| 2021 | 6 | 12,100 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,817 |
| 2023 | 6 | 12,206 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,456 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6,132 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |

## People named Yuan

- Ma Yuan, Chinese painter from Song Dynasty (1160-1225)
- Xiahou Yuan, Chinese military general (died 219)
- Zhang Yuan, Chinese filmmaker (1963- )
- Liu Yuan, Emperor of Han Zhao dynasty from 304 to 310
- Gongsun Yuan, Chinese warlord and Cao Wei vassal and King of Yan (died 238)
- Ruan Yuan, Chinese historian, politician and writer (1764–1849)
- Li Daoyuan, Chinese geographer, writer, and politician during the Northern Wei dynasty
- Yuan Chang, American virologist
- Liu Yuan, General of the People's Liberation Army, son of former President Liu Shaoqi
- Yuan Yang, British-Chinese political, journalist
- Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty (566-635) (r. 618–626)
- Roy Wang, Chinese singer-songwriter, television host and actor

## 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.