Yong
Last seen for girls in 1983 at #10,275 · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #10,662
Given to boys 70.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1946 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 301since 1941
Yong over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
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| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,521 | 9 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
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| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #4,441 | 6 |
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| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
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| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
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| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | — | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #2,403 | 10 |
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| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
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| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Yong! It came in at #3,505, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1941–1945, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Yong is popular in 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kansas#213 · 1 in 1,791
Best ever in a state: #213 in Kansas, 1946.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kansas | #213 | 10 | 1 in 1,791 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Yong
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1946 at #2,403 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 148,663 boys born in 1980 were named Yong (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,546 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,403 in 1946, was only 1 in 162,402 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.6% of all boys named Yong (92) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1965, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 21 | #2,403 (1946) | #3,093 |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,619 (1959) | #3,619 |
| 1960s | 28 | #3,537 (1966) | #3,858 |
| 1970s | 35 | #4,054 (1973) | #4,330 |
| 1980s | 92 | #3,430 (1980) | #4,543 |
| 1990s | 81 | #4,447 (1993) | #6,593 |
| 2000s | 38 | #5,920 (2000) | #8,622 |
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.
Yong in 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 224,472 of them was named Yong, which outranked 29.8% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 162,402 of them was named Yong, which outranked 40.2% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,271Wilma11
- #2,271Woodford11
- #2,271Yancy11
- #2,403Yong10
- #2,403Aden10
- #2,403Alen10
- #2,403Amil10
- #2,534Adron9
- #2,534Alejo9
- #2,534Alf9
Tied with 130 names at #2,403; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.