Is Yailin a boy or girl name?

Yailin is a girl’s name. Of the 963 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Yailin

Recorded 1996–2025 · United States

Yailin was most popular in 2022, when 86 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,951 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,835, with 37 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 963 people named Yailin.

Yailin over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yailin’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yailin a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yailin is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 963 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Yailin

Where Yailin is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org