How Many People Are Named Young?
people named Young are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 197,107 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,764 babies named Young in Social Security records from 1880 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
60 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of YEONG.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Young, 26.1% were girls and 74% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Young alive today is about 45 years old, and 59% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 56 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Young first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1991, to 60 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Young has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #504, in 1880. Among girls, its best rank was #2,801, in 1952.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #504 (1880) | #2,801 (1952) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,433 in the 1990s | #5,679 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Young alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Young were born in California than in any other state: about 182 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Young was given 38.9 times as often in Kansas and 3.5 times in California.
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