How Many People Are Named Yong?
people named Yong are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 933,838 people in the US has this name
Based on 425 babies named Yong in Social Security records from 1936 to 2006, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
17 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Chinese 勇 (yǒng) meaning "brave" or 永 (yǒng) meaning "perpetual, eternal". This can also be a single-character Korean name, for example from the hanja 勇 meaning "brave". This name can be formed by other characters besides those listed here.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Yong, 26% were girls and 74% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yong alive today is about 47 years old, and 52% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yong first appears in the records in 1936 and was given most often in 1946, to 17 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2006.
Babies given the name each year, 1936 to 2006
🏆 Rank History
Yong has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,531, in 1946. Among girls, its best rank was #3,322, in 1954.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,531 (1946) | #3,322 (1954) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,375 in the 1980s | #4,482 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yong alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yong were born in Kansas than in any other state: about 112 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yong was given about 81 times as often in Kansas.
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