Ying
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #15,242 · Last seen for boys in 1998 at #9,631
Given to girls 65.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 260since 1980
Ying 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | — | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #5,525 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Ying! It came in at #5,544, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2008, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Ying
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 1984 at #4,737 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 112,254 girls born in 1984 were named Ying (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 306,186 girls born in 2009 (0.00%)
- 40.8% of all girls named Ying (106) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1997, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 106 | #4,737 (1984) | #6,762 |
| 1990s | 84 | #5,718 (1992) | #9,982 |
| 2000s | 70 | #9,007 (2007) | #12,331 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ying in 1992
Top girls' names in 1992
Top boys' names in 1992
More about 1992
girls
1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 115,246 of them was named Ying, which outranked 63.4% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,484Yamile17
- #5,484Yoanna17
- #5,484Zaynab17
- #5,718Ying16
- #5,718Adalia16
- #5,718Adrionna16
- #5,718Aesha16
- #6,008Abriel15
- #6,008Ahna15
- #6,008Airelle15
Tied with 289 names at #5,718; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 285,344 of them was named Ying, which outranked 32.1% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,128Zacheus8
- #6,128Zebediah8
- #6,128Zuri8
- #6,670Ying7
- #6,670Aadil7
- #6,670Abid7
- #6,670Abie7
- #7,422Abdulah6
- #7,422Abdulkareem6
- #7,422Abed6
Tied with 751 names at #6,670; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.