Young*
#2,568 most common boys' name of all time · #6,198 across all names · 81% male / 19% female · used 1880–2022 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#2,568
Rank overall
#6,198 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
137 of 146
All-time
2,764
Since 2016
38
Peak year
1991 #1,868
Best rank
#504 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 60/yr
Young is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,877 |
| 2021 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2018 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,350 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,795 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,210 |
| 2015 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2014 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2013 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,802 |
| 2012 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,564 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,783 |
| 2009 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,994 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,334 |
| 2007 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,101 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,639 |
| 2004 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,532 |
| 2003 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,265 |
| 2002 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,403 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,948 |
| 2000 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,644 |
| 1999 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,182 |
| 1998 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #3,394 |
| 1997 | 8 | 38 | 46 | #2,230 |
| 1996 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #3,026 |
| 1995 | 8 | 31 | 39 | #2,445 |
| 1994 | 6 | 42 | 48 | #1,980 |
| 1993 | 15 | 29 | 44 | #2,513 |
| 1992 | 13 | 36 | 49 | #2,129 |
| 1991 | 18 | 42 | 60 | #1,868 |
| 1990 | 14 | 31 | 45 | #2,256 |
| 1989 | 11 | 33 | 44 | #2,113 |
| 1988 | 9 | 26 | 35 | #2,308 |
| 1987 | 12 | 16 | 28 | #3,076 |
| 1986 | 13 | 32 | 45 | #1,877 |
| 1985 | 15 | 29 | 44 | #1,978 |
| 1984 | 10 | 38 | 48 | #1,583 |
| 1983 | 19 | 29 | 48 | #1,871 |
| 1982 | 9 | 37 | 46 | #1,627 |
| 1981 | 16 | 39 | 55 | #1,549 |
| 1980 | 12 | 21 | 33 | #2,371 |
| 1979 | 11 | 31 | 42 | #1,790 |
| 1978 | 13 | 30 | 43 | #1,760 |
| 1977 | 11 | 18 | 29 | #2,466 |
| 1976 | 9 | 26 | 35 | #1,879 |
| 1975 | 13 | 30 | 43 | #1,660 |
| 1974 | 7 | 21 | 28 | #2,056 |
| 1973 | 7 | 21 | 28 | #1,987 |
| 1972 | 6 | 22 | 28 | #1,930 |
| 1971 | 8 | 20 | 28 | #2,058 |
| 1970 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,517 |
| 1969 | 12 | 17 | 29 | #2,051 |
| 1968 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,791 |
| 1967 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #3,987 |
| 1966 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 1965 | 8 | 12 | 20 | #2,377 |
| 1964 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #2,551 |
| 1963 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #2,207 |
| 1962 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #2,376 |
| 1961 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #2,074 |
| 1960 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #2,216 |
| 1959 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #2,540 |
| 1958 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #2,274 |
| 1957 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #2,028 |
| 1956 | 8 | 15 | 23 | #2,095 |
| 1955 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #1,909 |
| 1954 | 11 | 20 | 31 | #1,709 |
| 1953 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #2,294 |
| 1952 | 16 | 14 | 30 | #2,077 |
| 1951 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #2,380 |
| 1950 | 8 | 18 | 26 | #1,756 |
| 1949 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #2,028 |
| 1948 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #1,710 |
| 1947 | 8 | 18 | 26 | #1,793 |
| 1946 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #1,767 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,011 |
| 1944 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #1,690 |
| 1943 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,641 |
| 1942 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #2,399 |
| 1941 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,095 |
| 1940 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,993 |
| 1939 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,168 |
| 1938 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #1,909 |
| 1937 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,698 |
| 1936 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1935 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #1,715 |
| 1934 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 1933 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,595 |
| 1932 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #2,005 |
| 1931 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,778 |
| 1930 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,537 |
| 1929 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #2,102 |
| 1928 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,969 |
| 1927 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,608 |
| 1926 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,856 |
| 1925 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,872 |
| 1924 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,731 |
| 1923 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,508 |
| 1922 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,286 |
| 1921 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,594 |
| 1920 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #1,700 |
| 1919 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,578 |
| 1918 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,450 |
| 1917 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,240 |
| 1916 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,554 |
| 1915 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,790 |
| 1914 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,443 |
| 1913 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,684 |
| 1912 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,226 |
| 1911 | — | 12 | 12 | #989 |
| 1910 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,329 |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,172 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,233 |
| 1907 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,015 |
| 1904 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,092 |
| 1903 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,153 |
| 1902 | — | 11 | 11 | #709 |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,081 |
| 1900 | — | 8 | 8 | #984 |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,068 |
| 1898 | — | 7 | 7 | #904 |
| 1897 | — | 9 | 9 | #745 |
| 1896 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,003 |
| 1895 | — | 8 | 8 | #809 |
| 1894 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,093 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | #929 |
| 1892 | — | 7 | 7 | #880 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #865 |
| 1890 | — | 7 | 7 | #823 |
| 1889 | — | 10 | 10 | #642 |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | #928 |
| 1887 | — | 12 | 12 | #529 |
| 1886 | — | 10 | 10 | #615 |
| 1885 | — | 10 | 10 | #613 |
| 1884 | — | 11 | 11 | #582 |
| 1883 | — | 12 | 12 | #536 |
| 1882 | — | 9 | 9 | #658 |
| 1881 | — | 9 | 9 | #614 |
| 1880 | — | 14 | 14 | #504 |