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

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Peak · boys
#2,403
1946 · 10 births
Debut · boys
1941
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
301
since 1941

Yong over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #3,157, 1954peak #2,403, 1946girlsboys
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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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2006—#10,6626
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2004—#8,1438
2003—#7,8318
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2001—#10,5565
2000—#5,92011
1999—#8,7046
1998—#7,5607
1997—#6,6188
1996—#7,9716
1995—#5,9289
1994—#6,3728
1993—#4,44713
1992—#7,4226
1991—#5,5219
1990—#5,3829
1989—#4,81110
1988—#3,91512
1987—#4,5739
1986—#6,7215
1985—#4,3339
1984—#5,5616
1983#10,2755#3,63011
1982—#4,5938
1981—#3,85810
1980—#3,43012
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1977—#4,5827
1976—#4,4187
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1972#8,2925#4,4416
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First appearance
1941

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 1959

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedNMKansas: #329 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,965 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Yong, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kansas#329 · 1 in 3,965

Best ever in a state: #213 in Kansas, 1946.

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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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1941
  • Peaked 1946 at #2,403 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1948, 2 yrs 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 148,663
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 30.6% of all boys named Yong (92) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1966
  • Mostly girls until 1965, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s21#2,403 (1946)#3,093
1950s6#3,619 (1959)#3,619
1960s28#3,537 (1966)#3,858
1970s35#4,054 (1973)#4,330
1980s92#3,430 (1980)#4,543
1990s81#4,447 (1993)#6,593
2000s38#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 1959

girls
#5,031
7 births · 1 in 289,066 girls
boys
#3,619
6 births · 1 in 355,753 boys

Top girls' names in 1959

  1. #1Mary54,502
  2. #2Susan41,617
  3. #3Linda40,410
  4. #4Karen36,784
  5. #5Donna36,468
  6. #6Patricia35,223
  7. #7Debra31,388
  8. #8Cynthia30,186
  9. #9Deborah29,546
  10. #10Lisa25,699
  11. #5,031Yong7

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #3,619Yong6
More about 1959

girls

2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 289,066 of them was named Yong, which outranked 30.1% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yong
  1. #4,625Yael8
  2. #4,625Ysabel8
  3. #4,625Zoila8
  4. #5,031Yong7
  5. #5,031Adora7
  6. #5,031Adrain7
  7. #5,031Adrena7
  8. #5,566Adana6
  9. #5,566Adeana6
  10. #5,566Adelfa6

Tied with 534 names at #5,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,090Alesia#1,985 → #895
  2. ↑ 948Tori#1,791 → #843
  3. ↑ 440Taryn#1,211 → #771
  4. ↑ 437Venus#1,007 → #570
  5. ↑ 393Vilma#1,364 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 283Dani#961 → #1,244
  2. ↓ 257Nicki#973 → #1,230
  3. ↓ 235Lanita#973 → #1,208
  4. ↓ 219Concetta#973 → #1,192
  5. ↓ 197Gisele#766 → #963

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

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 355,753 of them was named Yong, which outranked 20.8% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yong
  1. #3,290Zalmen7
  2. #3,290Zeke7
  3. #3,290Zendell7
  4. #3,619Yong6
  5. #3,619Addie6
  6. #3,619Agustine6
  7. #3,619Alban6
  8. #3,988Abelino5
  9. #3,988Adolphe5
  10. #3,988Adriano5

Tied with 368 names at #3,619; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,208Efrem#3,033 → #825
  2. ↑ 901Darin#1,677 → #776
  3. ↑ 871Yancy#1,557 → #686
  4. ↑ 708Raynard#1,677 → #969
  5. ↑ 644Darrin#1,396 → #752
Fallers
  1. ↓ 307Jace#761 → #1,068
  2. ↓ 241Otha#915 → #1,156
  3. ↓ 234Cheryl#994 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 230Dann#969 → #1,199
  5. ↓ 227Carnell#777 → #1,004

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

See the top 100 for 1959 →