Young

Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
Given to boys 80.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1880 · 14 births
Debut · boys
14 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,234
since 1880

Young over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #2,671, 1952peak #482, 1880girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024——
2023——
2022—#10,8636
2021—#8,8258
2020——
2019——
2018—#6,34513
2017—#10,7756
2016—#12,1855
2015—#6,67612
2014—#8,1309
2013—#8,7898
2012—#7,55910
2011——
2010—#10,7666
2009—#8,9858
2008—#8,3249
2007—#7,09411
2006——
2005—#6,63411
2004—#6,52011
2003—#6,25811
2002—#5,39513
2001—#6,9359
2000—#3,64022
1999—#3,18225
1998#14,1225#3,39022
1997#9,8028#2,22838
1996#13,5185#3,02124
1995#9,5538#2,44431
1994#11,7786#1,97742
1993#5,95515#2,50929
1992#6,65213#2,12836
1991#5,18118#1,86742
1990#6,13114#2,25531
1989#6,95511#2,10633
1988#7,6919#2,30526
1987#5,92312#3,07216
1986#5,45913#1,87332
1985#4,86015#1,97529
1984#6,29110#1,58138
1983#3,94919#1,86429
1982#6,8889#1,62237
1981#4,53216#1,54839
1980#5,54412#2,36721
1979#5,75111#1,78831
1978#4,93113#1,76030
1977#5,53211#2,45818
1976#6,0489#1,87326
1975#4,59313#1,65830
1974#6,9007#2,05021
1973#6,6667#1,98221
1972#7,2926#1,92822
1971#6,0068#2,05220
1970—#2,50914
1969#4,19812#2,04617
1968—#1,78820
1967#6,0426#3,9665
1966—#2,7849
1965#4,8318#2,36612
1964#4,09611#2,54611
1963#5,8916#2,20014
1962#5,8606#2,36412
1961#5,8516#2,07016
1960#5,1687#2,21014
1959#3,82711#2,53011
1958#3,92510#2,26513
1957#6,0865#2,01916
1956#4,4678#2,09115
1955#4,7407#1,90217
1954#3,49011#1,70620
1953#3,9559#2,28712
1952#2,67116#2,07314
1951#4,0118#2,36711
1950#3,9628#1,74618
1949#4,2357#2,02214
1948#4,6516#1,70319
1947#4,0078#1,78618
1946#4,9605#1,75917
1945—#2,9966
1944#3,6877#1,68317
1943—#1,63619
1942#4,1246#2,38610
1941—#2,08312
1940—#1,98313
1939—#2,15911
1938#4,3425#1,90114
1937—#2,6808
1936#4,1815#1,46321
1935#4,2045#1,70817
1934—#1,93214
1933—#1,58619
1932#3,5687#1,99514
1931—#1,77017
1930—#1,53323
1929#4,0536#2,09614
1928—#1,96016
1927—#1,60323
1926—#1,84618
1925—#1,87018
1924—#1,72721
1923—#1,50225
1922—#1,28232
1921—#1,58823
1920#4,9755#1,69421
1919—#1,57622
1918—#1,44625
1917—#1,23830
1916—#1,54921
1915—#1,78216
1914—#1,44118
1913—#1,67611
1912—#1,22315
1911—#98212
1910—#1,3147
1909—#1,1557
1908—#1,2176
1907—#9998
1906——
1905——
1904—#1,0646
1903—#1,1305
1902—#68711
1901—#1,0585
1900—#9688
1899—#1,0515
1898—#8857
1897—#7259
1896—#9826
1895—#7958
1894—#1,0745
1893—#9076
1892—#8617
1891—#8416
1890—#8147
1889—#62810
1888—#9176
1887—#51612
1886—#60510
1885—#60410
1884—#57011
1883—#52712
1882—#6529
1881—#5959
1880—#48214
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Young was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1905–1906, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Young is popular in 1911

No state had 5 or more boys named Young in 1911, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Young
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 371 spots in 1902 (#1,058 → #687)
  • Biggest drop: 443 spots in 1903 (#687 → #1,130)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #482 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1880–1893
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,892
  • Highest: 1 in 7,892 boys born in 1880 were named Young (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 14.3% of all boys named Young (320) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1968
  • Mostly girls until 1967, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s103#482 (1880)#610
1890s66#725 (1897)#894
1900s56#687 (1902)#1,035
1910s177#982 (1911)#1,423
1920s211#1,282 (1922)#1,717
1930s158#1,463 (1936)#1,873
1940s145#1,636 (1943)#2,004
1950s147#1,706 (1954)#2,099
1960s130#1,788 (1968)#2,434
1970s233#1,658 (1975)#2,006
1980s300#1,548 (1981)#2,031
1990s320#1,867 (1991)#2,500
2000s105#3,640 (2000)#6,643
2010s69#6,345 (2018)#8,903
2020s14#8,825 (2021)#9,844

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.

Young in 1911

boys
#982
12 births · 1 in 18,831 boys

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
  11. #982Young12
More about 1911

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 18,831 of them was named Young, which outranked 50.9% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Young
  1. #925Waverly13
  2. #925Wayman13
  3. #925Worth13
  4. #982Young12
  5. #982Algie12
  6. #982Angel12
  7. #982Baxter12
  8. #1,038Ann11
  9. #1,038Anson11
  10. #1,038Arno11

Tied with 55 names at #982; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 900Vincenzo#1,589 → #689
  2. ↑ 900Wyman#1,589 → #689
  3. ↑ 882Rodger#1,589 → #707
  4. ↑ 796Cedric#1,589 → #793
  5. ↑ 796Hughie#1,589 → #793
Fallers
  1. ↓ 881Bertha#859 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 881Arlo#859 → #1,740
  3. ↓ 831Shelton#556 → #1,387
  4. ↓ 812Guss#928 → #1,740
  5. ↓ 812Halley#928 → #1,740

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

See the top 100 for 1911 →