Young Name Popularity

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How popular is Young?

In 2018 the rare name Young, ranked the 6,654th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Young is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #504 in 1880.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1991 with 42 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Young was less than 5, most recently in 2011.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Young occurred roughly during the years 1913-1917, 1919-1922, 1939-1943, 1951-1954, 1972-1975, 1977-1981, and 1987-1991, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1933-1936, and 1997-2000.

Sometimes the name Young has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Young's popularity has been moving downward for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Young for their newborn has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Young?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a low point.

The name Young is mostly unused but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

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		Young (Girl)		Young (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	13	6,654
2017		< 5	--	6	12,168
2016		< 5	--	5	14,110
2015		< 5	--	12	7,040
2014		< 5	--	9	8,751
2013		< 5	--	8	9,623
2012		< 5	--	10	8,119
2011		< 5	--	< 5	--
2010		< 5	--	6	12,171
2009		< 5	--	8	9,832
2008		< 5	--	9	8,994
2007		< 5	--	11	7,566
2006		< 5	--	< 5	--
2005		< 5	--	11	7,084
2004		< 5	--	11	6,955
2003		< 5	--	11	6,704
2002		< 5	--	13	5,709
2001		< 5	--	9	7,512
2000		< 5	--	22	3,759
1999		< 5	--	25	3,275
1998		5	16,552	22	3,484
1997		8	10,817	38	2,255
1996		5	15,847	24	3,106
1995		8	10,503	31	2,498
1994		6	13,410	42	2,012
1993		15	6,258	29	2,572
1992		13	7,059	36	2,173
1991		18	5,398	42	1,892
1990		14	6,460	31	2,305
1989		11	7,443	33	2,149
1988		9	8,378	26	2,365
1987		12	6,329	16	3,197
1986		13	5,752	32	1,916
1985		15	5,072	29	2,018
1984		10	6,803	38	1,602
1983		19	4,105	29	1,904
1982		9	7,461	37	1,653
1981		16	4,743	39	1,575
1980		12	5,909	21	2,443
1979		11	6,182	31	1,831
1978		13	5,209	30	1,792
1977		11	5,881	18	2,552
1976		9	6,603	26	1,929
1975		13	4,848	30	1,704
1974		7	7,672	21	2,128
1973		7	7,426	21	2,033
1972		6	8,277	22	1,967
1971		8	6,612	20	2,120
1970		< 5	--	14	2,619
1969		12	4,415	17	2,131
1968		< 5	--	20	1,835
1967		6	6,793	5	4,543
1966		< 5	--	8	3,245
1965		8	5,276	12	2,472
1964		11	4,354	11	2,664
1963		6	6,582	14	2,295
1962		6	6,571	12	2,500
1961		7	5,840	16	2,144
1960		7	5,687	14	2,313
1959		11	4,027	11	2,659
1958		10	4,180	13	2,367
1957		6	6,076	16	2,091
1956		8	4,832	15	2,169
1955		7	5,201	17	1,979
1954		11	3,715	20	1,758
1953		9	4,224	12	2,387
1952		16	2,804	14	2,152
1951		8	4,382	11	2,494
1950		8	4,314	18	1,813
1949		7	4,666	14	2,123
1948		6	5,240	19	1,757
1947		8	4,342	18	1,848
1946		5	5,682	17	1,809
1945		< 5	--	6	3,335
1944		7	4,049	17	1,736
1943		< 5	--	19	1,699
1942		6	4,618	10	2,523
1941		< 5	--	12	2,205
1940		< 5	--	13	2,080
1939		< 5	--	11	2,287
1938		5	4,989	14	1,977
1937		< 5	--	8	2,902
1936		5	4,851	21	1,504
1935		5	4,886	17	1,755
1934		< 5	--	14	2,019
1933		< 5	--	19	1,644
1932		7	3,895	14	2,099
1931		< 5	--	17	1,843
1930		< 5	--	23	1,559
1929		6	4,561	14	2,197
1928		< 5	--	16	2,046
1927		< 5	--	23	1,645
1926		< 5	--	18	1,910
1925		< 5	--	18	1,933
1924		< 5	--	21	1,775
1923		< 5	--	25	1,550
1922		< 5	--	32	1,307
1921		< 5	--	23	1,646
1920		5	5,755	21	1,747
1919		< 5	--	22	1,622
1918		< 5	--	25	1,498
1917		< 5	--	30	1,263
1916		< 5	--	21	1,592
1915		< 5	--	16	1,877
1914		< 5	--	18	1,490
1913		< 5	--	11	1,801
1912		< 5	--	15	1,266
1911		< 5	--	12	1,037
1910		< 5	--	7	1,418
1909		< 5	--	7	1,274
1908		< 5	--	6	1,371
1907		< 5	--	8	1,093
1906		< 5	--	< 5	--
1905		< 5	--	< 5	--
1904		< 5	--	6	1,203
1903		< 5	--	5	1,305
1902		< 5	--	11	742
1901		< 5	--	5	1,209
1900		< 5	--	8	1,048
1899		< 5	--	5	1,200
1898		< 5	--	7	1,000
1897		< 5	--	9	786
1896		< 5	--	6	1,099
1895		< 5	--	8	871
1894		< 5	--	5	1,239
1893		< 5	--	6	1,031
1892		< 5	--	7	954
1891		< 5	--	6	960
1890		< 5	--	7	882
1889		< 5	--	10	672
1888		< 5	--	6	1,029
1887		< 5	--	12	543
1886		< 5	--	10	646
1885		< 5	--	10	640
1884		< 5	--	11	611
1883		< 5	--	12	555
1882		< 5	--	9	690
1881		< 5	--	9	652
1880		< 5	--	14	504

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.