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
- Peak · boys
- 1946 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 301since 1941
Yong 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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| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
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| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
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| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,521 | 9 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
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| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
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| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #4,441 | 6 |
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| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
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| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
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| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | — | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #2,403 | 10 |
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| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
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| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
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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.
See more about Yong
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1946 at #2,403 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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
- 30.6% of all boys named Yong (92) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1965, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 21 | #2,403 (1946) | #3,093 |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,619 (1959) | #3,619 |
| 1960s | 28 | #3,537 (1966) | #3,858 |
| 1970s | 35 | #4,054 (1973) | #4,330 |
| 1980s | 92 | #3,430 (1980) | #4,543 |
| 1990s | 81 | #4,447 (1993) | #6,593 |
| 2000s | 38 | #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
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
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).
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).
- #3,290Zalmen7
- #3,290Zeke7
- #3,290Zendell7
- #3,619Yong6
- #3,619Addie6
- #3,619Agustine6
- #3,619Alban6
- #3,988Abelino5
- #3,988Adolphe5
- #3,988Adriano5
Tied with 368 names at #3,619; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.