Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ying” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ying” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ying” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ying” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ying” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ying” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ying” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ying” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1980 18 0.000005226 12 6 33%
1981 21 0.00000607 13 8 24%
1982 20 0.000005701 14 6 40%
1983 18 0.000005197 8 10 -11%
1984 21 0.000006019 15 6 43%
1985 12 0.000003362 5 7 -17%
1986 18 0.00000506 10 8 11%
1987 20 0.000005547 8 12 -20%
1988 15 0.000004059 8 7 7%
1989 25 0.000006503 13 12 4%
1990 19 0.000004807 12 7 26%
1991 14 0.000003594 7 7 0%
1992 23 0.000005988 16 7 39%
1993 13 0.000003448 7 6 8%
1994 18 0.000004842 7 11 -22%
1995 16 0.000004369 9 7 13%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 13 0.000003585 5 8 -23%
1998 13 0.000003534 8 5 23%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 100%

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