Yue
Yue is a name with a single cultural origin: Chinese.
- Chinese
Meaning & Origin of Yue
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yue is a name with a single cultural origin: Chinese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Chinese
The Story of Yue
As a girl name
Yue first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2002, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2021: 15 births, good for #7,245 nationwide. About 53% of every Yue on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Yue ranks #8,614 for girls with 11 births, gradually rising (+10%). All told, over 154 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Yue as a boy name dates back to 1982, when 6 babies received it. 1993 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Yue — #4,447 in the national rankings. About 62% of every Yue on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Yue last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 86 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Yue
Yue is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2002 and has accumulated 154 births in the dataset. Yue's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #7,245. Use the chart and map above to compare Yue'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.