How Many People Are Named Yang?
people named Yang are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,045,213 people in the US has this name
Based on 338 babies named Yang in Social Security records from 1981 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
21 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Chinese 洋 (yáng) meaning "ocean" or 阳 (yáng) meaning "light, sun, male" (which is typically only masculine), as well as other Chinese characters pronounced similarly.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Yang, 14% were girls and 86% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Yang fell from 24.3% in the 1980s to 13% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yang alive today is about 28 years old, and 57% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 21 and 37 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yang first appears in the records in 1981 and was given most often in 1988, to 21 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1981 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Yang has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,050, in 1990. Among girls, its best rank was #9,528, in 1993.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,050 (1990) | #9,528 (1993) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,751 in the 1990s | #12,744 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yang alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yang were born in California than in any other state: about 44 of those alive today.
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