Yang*
#9,067 most common boys' name of all time · #22,904 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1981–2024 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#9,067
Rank overall
#22,904 of 105,966
First appeared
1981
Years on the list
33 of 146
All-time
338
Since 2016
23
Peak year
1988 #3,339
Best rank
#3,050 1990
Girls
Boys
peak 21/yr
Yang first appears in 1981. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,331 |
| 2019 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,098 |
| 2018 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,825 |
| 2015 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,842 |
| 2014 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,281 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,694 |
| 2012 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #9,161 |
| 2010 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,397 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,393 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,984 |
| 2003 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,985 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,872 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,232 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,973 |
| 1999 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,510 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,992 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,861 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,771 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,310 |
| 1993 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #5,652 |
| 1992 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1991 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,406 |
| 1990 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,050 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #4,769 |
| 1988 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #3,339 |
| 1987 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #5,381 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,832 |
| 1985 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #7,315 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,202 |
| 1983 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,069 |
| 1982 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #4,229 |
| 1981 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,507 |