first name
YOUNG
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,168 people named Young, 87.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 6.2% as White and 3.1% as Black. 53.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Young peaked in 1991, when 60 babies got the name.
At least 2,764 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Young by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,244. The largest share of babies named Young, 25.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Either side of Young
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Young, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Young ranks #34 of 156,621, with 468,920 people. See Young as a last name
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