How Many People Are Named Yiming?
An estimated 91 people in the United States have the first name Yiming. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 10 years old, and Yiming peaked in popularity in 2019 with 11 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yiming as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Yiming paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Yiming is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
91
About 1 in 3,766,531 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
10
years old
Peak Year
2019
11 births
Total Registered
92
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yiming
Yiming is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 92 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Yiming as a male name
Ranked #14,154 in 2024
5 male births in 2024
Peak: 2019 (11 births)
Yiming: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yiming span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 58 babies were registered. While Yiming is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Yiming by Decade
How has Yiming tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Yiming + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yiming as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Yiming: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yiming?
We estimate approximately 91 people named Yiming are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 3,766,531 Americans share this first name.
Is Yiming a common name?
Yiming is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 63.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 92 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yiming most popular?
Yiming reached peak popularity in 2019, when 11 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yiming is approximately 10 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yiming a male name?
Yiming is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yiming Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yiming Smith, Yiming Johnson, Yiming Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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