Yamen
A yamen was the administrative office or residence of a local bureaucrat or mandarin in imperial China, Korea, and Vietnam. A yamen can also be any governmental office or body headed by a mandarin, at any level of government: the offices of one of the Six Ministries is a yamen, but so is a prefectural magistracy.
Meaning & Origin of Yamen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
A yamen was the administrative office or residence of a local bureaucrat or mandarin in imperial China, Korea, and Vietnam. A yamen can also be any governmental office or body headed by a mandarin, at any level of government: the offices of one of the Six Ministries is a yamen, but so is a prefectural magistracy.
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The Story of Yamen
Yamen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2007, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 34 Yamens were born — ranking #3,345 that year. As of 2026, Yamen ranks #3,786 for baby boys with 30 births, rising sharply (+32% over the past five years). In total, more than 376 Yamens have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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About the name Yamen
Yamen is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2007 and has accumulated 376 births in the dataset. Yamen's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #3,345. Use the chart and map above to compare Yamen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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