Young

Where Young comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Young.

Young through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #482 among boys with 14 babies in the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #917.
  3. 1935
    Young Vivian born
    Niuean politician
  4. 1962
    Young Kim born
    American politician
  5. 1968
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Young Kim · American politician, born 1962
  • Young Vivian · Niuean politician, born 1935
  • Young Chimodzi · Malawian footballer, born 1961
  • Young John Allen · American missionary in China, 1836–1907
  • Young Harris · American lawyer, businessman, politician, judge, and philanthropist, 1812–1894

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.