Young

Where Young comes from

Young hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #482 among boys with 14 babies — 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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

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.