Yong**
#7,988 most common boys' name of all time · #20,120 across all names · 71% male / 29% female · used 1936–2006 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#7,988
Rank overall
#20,120 of 105,966
First appeared
1936
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
425
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1946 #2,532
Best rank
#2,532 1946
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Yong first appears in 1936. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,875 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,291 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,007 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,836 |
| 2000 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,014 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,911 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,762 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,771 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,189 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,037 |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,535 |
| 1993 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,517 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,687 |
| 1991 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,625 |
| 1990 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,504 |
| 1989 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,920 |
| 1988 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,987 |
| 1987 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,718 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,064 |
| 1985 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,483 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,821 |
| 1983 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1982 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,747 |
| 1981 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,985 |
| 1980 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,509 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,325 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,803 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,635 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,250 |
| 1972 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #4,713 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,796 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1962 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #4,417 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1959 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #3,891 |
| 1958 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1957 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1956 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1955 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1954 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1953 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1951 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1949 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1947 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,692 |
| 1946 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #2,532 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,973 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1936 | 5 | — | 5 | — |