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

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Peak · girls
#4,737
1984 · 15 births
Debut · girls
1980
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
260
since 1980

Ying over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #4,737, 1984peak #3,731, 1987girlsboys
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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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1998#10,1228#9,6315
1997#13,7245#6,6188
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1995#8,7669#6,9927
1994#10,5697#5,10911
1993#10,5887#7,6386
1992#5,71816#6,6707
1991#10,2717#6,5197
1990#6,86712#6,4157
1989#6,16013#4,27112
1988#8,3918#5,7517
1987#7,9878#3,73112
1986#6,61210#4,8538
1985#10,6775#5,1477
1984#4,73715#5,5616
1983#7,3128#3,88410
1982#4,94514#5,6196
1981#5,25413#4,5098
1980#5,54412#5,5256
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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 1981

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #550 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,820 girlsMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ying, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#550 · 1 in 5,820

Best ever in a state: #550 in Minnesota, 1981.

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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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s106#4,737 (1984)#6,762
1990s84#5,718 (1992)#9,982
2000s70#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.

Ying in 1981

girls
#5,254
13 births · 1 in 128,312 girls
boys
#4,509
8 births · 1 in 223,897 boys

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #5,254Ying13

Top boys' names in 1981

  1. #1Michael68,750
  2. #2Christopher50,221
  3. #3Matthew43,330
  4. #4Jason41,927
  5. #5David40,629
  6. #6Joshua39,024
  7. #7James38,283
  8. #8John34,868
  9. #9Robert34,395
  10. #10Daniel30,985
  11. #4,509Ying8
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 128,312 of them was named Ying, which outranked 56.9% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ying
  1. #4,963Youa14
  2. #4,963Zaira14
  3. #4,963Zelma14
  4. #5,254Ying13
  5. #5,254Adonica13
  6. #5,254Adreanna13
  7. #5,254Adri13
  8. #5,571Abigayle12
  9. #5,571Adrean12
  10. #5,571Agustina12

Tied with 316 names at #5,254; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,850Tashina#4,743 → #893
  2. ↑ 2,742Krystle#3,215 → #473
  3. ↑ 1,800Tierra#2,342 → #542
  4. ↑ 1,398Martine#2,189 → #791
  5. ↑ 999Nereida#1,981 → #982
Fallers
  1. ↓ 764Kylene#990 → #1,754
  2. ↓ 607Renada#708 → #1,315
  3. ↓ 560Ashanti#822 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 399Renata#336 → #735
  5. ↓ 395Tracee#959 → #1,354

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

boys

1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 223,897 of them was named Ying, which outranked 38.1% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ying
  1. #4,153Zedrick9
  2. #4,153Zenas9
  3. #4,153Zvi9
  4. #4,509Ying8
  5. #4,509Abdallah8
  6. #4,509Abrahm8
  7. #4,509Adom8
  8. #4,961Abdel7
  9. #4,961Abdiel7
  10. #4,961Abelino7

Tied with 451 names at #4,509; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,321Marchello#2,162 → #841
  2. ↑ 1,104Skylar#2,058 → #954
  3. ↑ 816Kellen#1,432 → #616
  4. ↑ 499Marcello#1,291 → #792
  5. ↑ 456Tyrel#1,089 → #633
Fallers
  1. ↓ 306Kenyatta#871 → #1,177
  2. ↓ 284Seneca#718 → #1,002
  3. ↓ 247Kimberly#989 → #1,236
  4. ↓ 216Chadd#927 → #1,143
  5. ↓ 214Levar#911 → #1,125

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

See the top 100 for 1981 →