NameTides

Yug

Yug was the #1,976 boys' name in the US in 2025 (77 babies), and #1,035 in England & Wales and #799 in Canada.

Yug as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Yug 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.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Yug 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.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,976 (77)#1,035 (29)#799 (33)
2024#2,370 (59)#1,517 (17)#959 (26)
2023#2,660 (49)#1,610 (15)#854 (28)
2022#2,753 (47)#1,880 (12)#1,027 (22)
2021#3,180 (37)#1,860 (12)#1,478 (13)
2020#3,136 (36)#1,935 (11)#1,520 (12)
2019#3,201 (36)#2,488 (8)—
2018#3,793 (28)#3,412 (5)—
2017#4,224 (24)#3,040 (6)#2,198 (7)
2016#2,587 (48)#3,079 (6)#1,487 (12)
2015#3,149 (36)#2,150 (10)#1,816 (9)
2014#3,891 (26)#2,248 (9)#1,778 (9)
2013#3,964 (25)#2,954 (6)#2,305 (6)
2012#3,297 (33)#3,416 (5)#2,368 (6)
2011#2,904 (40)#1,124 (23)#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,976.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2003.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 22,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Yug is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yug by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #829NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Yug (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#63618

Yug (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
YugCanadaBoys#79933
YugEngland & WalesBoys#1,03529
YugUSBoys#1,97677