NameTides

Yang

Yang peaked in the US in 1990 at #2,952, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Yang as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Yang as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020
Yang as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2024#10,938 (6)——
2019#9,756 (7)——
2018#7,617 (10)——
2015#6,676 (12)——
2014#7,048 (11)#4,632 (3)—
2013#12,136 (5)——
2012#8,864 (8)#3,416 (5)—
2010#8,139 (9)——
2009—#4,527 (3)—
2007#10,921 (6)#3,589 (4)—
2004#11,356 (5)——
2003#6,715 (10)——
2002#8,456 (7)——
2001#6,935 (9)——
2000#10,349 (5)——

Yang as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Yang as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020
Yang as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2012#16,869 (5)——
2008—#3,860 (5)—
2007—#4,294 (4)—
1997#13,724 (5)——
1993#8,719 (9)——
1991——#1,171 (14)
1989#10,847 (6)——
1988#11,798 (5)——
1987#9,825 (6)——
1985#9,307 (6)——
1982#10,517 (5)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1990 at #2,952.
  • First recorded in the US in 1981.
  • In 2012, 39% of US babies named Yang were girls.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
YangCanadaGirls—too few
YangCanadaBoys—too few
YangEngland & WalesGirls—too few
YangEngland & WalesBoys—too few
YangNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
YangUSGirls—too few
YangUSBoys—too few