Ying
- Last seen for girls in 2009 at #15,242
- Last seen for boys in 1998 at #9,631
- Given to girls 65.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 260since 1980
Ying over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | — | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #5,525 | 6 |
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First appearance
1980
The first year at least five girls were named Ying! It came in at #5,544, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2008, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ying is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Ying in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ying
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 1984 at #4,737 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 112,254
- Highest: 1 in 112,254 girls born in 1984 were named Ying (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 306,186 girls born in 2009 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 40.8% of all girls named Ying (106) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1998
- Mostly boys until 1997, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 106 | #4,737 (1984) | #6,762 |
| 1990s | 84 | #5,718 (1992) | #9,982 |
| 2000s | 70 | #9,007 (2007) | #12,331 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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