Yang

Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to boys 86.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,912
1983 · 15 births
Debut · boys
1981
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
291
since 1981

Yang over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #8,719, 1993peak #2,912, 1983girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2024—#10,9386
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2019—#9,7567
2018—#7,61710
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2015—#6,67612
2014—#7,04811
2013—#12,1365
2012#16,8695#8,8648
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2004—#11,3565
2003—#6,71510
2002—#8,4567
2001—#6,9359
2000—#10,3495
1999—#7,1398
1998—#7,5607
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1996—#6,4968
1995—#5,50110
1994—#7,7706
1993#8,7199#5,36010
1992—#4,11414
1991—#5,09610
1990—#2,95221
1989#10,8476#4,52711
1988#11,7985#3,20316
1987#9,8256#4,9688
1986—#5,3327
1985#9,3076#6,5235
1984—#5,5616
1983—#2,91215
1982#10,5175#3,96610
1981—#4,1539
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First appearance
1981

The first year at least five boys were named Yang! It came in at #4,153, and was given to 9 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1997, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Yang is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedILWisconsin: #435 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,549 boysWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,582 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 36,285 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Yang, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#435 · 1 in 5,549
  2. California#1,582 · 1 in 36,285

Best ever in a state: #435 in Wisconsin, 1990.

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Wisconsin#43561 in 5,549
California#1,58281 in 36,285
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See more about Yang
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1981
  • Peaked 1983 at #2,912 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 97,811
  • Highest: 1 in 97,811 boys born in 1990 were named Yang (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,912 in 1983, was only 1 in 119,504 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 32.3% of all boys named Yang (94) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1998
  • Mostly girls until 1997, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s87#2,912 (1983)#4,572
1990s94#2,952 (1990)#5,776
2000s42#6,715 (2003)#9,122
2010s62#6,676 (2015)#8,605
2020s6#10,938 (2024)#10,938

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Yang in 1990

boys
#2,952
21 births · 1 in 97,811 boys

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #2,952Yang21
More about 1990

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 97,811 of them was named Yang, which outranked 68.9% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yang
  1. #2,865Torrin22
  2. #2,865Yakov22
  3. #2,865Zackariah22
  4. #2,952Yang21
  5. #2,952Abimael21
  6. #2,952Aj21
  7. #2,952Akiva21
  8. #3,058Abigail20
  9. #3,058Adem20
  10. #3,058Alvis20

Tied with 105 names at #2,952; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →