Young
Young is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 504th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 199142 births
- Best rank
- #504in 1880
- Since 1880
- 2,764people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,234 boys have been named Young in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 42 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 42 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1990s alone account for 14%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Young is used for both sexes: 19% of its bearers are girls (530), most of them born around 1983.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Young | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 103 | |
| 1890s | 66 | |
| 1900s | 56 | |
| 1910s | 177 | |
| 1920s | 211 | |
| 1930s | 158 | |
| 1940s | 145 | |
| 1950s | 147 | |
| 1960s | 130 | |
| 1970s | 233 | |
| 1980s | 300 | |
| 1990s | 320 | |
| 2000s | 105 | |
| 2010s | 69 | |
| 2020s | 14 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Young was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1991 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Young
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hirampeak 1920
- Enospeak 1921
- Lafayettepeak 1921
- Zebpeak 1979
- Benjamanpeak 1977
- Washingtonpeak 1921
- Jesspeak 1915
- Lemuelpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.