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How popular is “Young” in the USA?

Number of people named “Young” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Young” 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 “Young” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Young” by birth year

This chart shows how “Young” 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
1880 14 0.000069484 14 -100%
1881 9 0.000046708 9 -100%
1882 9 0.000040626 9 -100%
1883 12 0.000055313 12 -100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 -100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 -100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 -100%
1887 12 0.000048506 12 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1900 8 0.000017768 8 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1902 11 0.000028443 11 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 12 0.000018626 12 -100%
1912 15 0.000015181 15 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 18 0.000012709 18 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 21 0.000010856 21 -100%
1917 30 0.00001495 30 -100%
1918 25 0.000011515 25 -100%
1919 22 0.000010425 22 -100%
1920 26 0.000011491 5 21 -62%
1921 23 0.000009852 23 -100%
1922 32 0.000013979 32 -100%
1923 25 0.000010858 25 -100%
1924 21 0.000008818 21 -100%
1925 18 0.000007714 18 -100%
1926 18 0.00000784 18 -100%
1927 23 0.000009917 23 -100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 -100%
1929 20 0.000009123 6 14 -40%
1930 23 0.000010345 23 -100%
1931 17 0.000008078 17 -100%
1932 21 0.000009947 7 14 -33%
1933 19 0.000009503 19 -100%
1934 14 0.000006741 14 -100%
1935 22 0.000010527 5 17 -55%
1936 26 0.000012515 5 21 -62%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1938 19 0.000008587 5 14 -47%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 -100%
1942 16 0.000005857 6 10 -25%
1943 19 0.000006731 19 -100%
1944 24 0.000008922 7 17 -42%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1946 22 0.000006885 5 17 -55%
1947 26 0.000007218 8 18 -38%
1948 25 0.000007241 6 19 -52%
1949 21 0.000006026 7 14 -33%
1950 26 0.000007421 8 18 -38%
1951 19 0.000005158 8 11 -16%
1952 30 0.000007899 16 14 7%
1953 21 0.000005449 9 12 -14%
1954 31 0.000007788 11 20 -29%
1955 24 0.000005977 7 17 -42%
1956 23 0.000005578 8 15 -30%
1957 21 0.000004997 5 16 -52%
1958 23 0.000005564 10 13 -13%
1959 22 0.000005291 11 11 0%
1960 21 0.000005056 7 14 -33%
1961 22 0.000005311 6 16 -45%
1962 18 0.000004461 6 12 -33%
1963 20 0.000005053 6 14 -40%
1964 22 0.000005659 11 11 0%
1965 20 0.000005517 8 12 -20%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 11 0.00000324 6 5 9%
1968 20 0.00000592 20 -100%
1969 29 0.000008345 12 17 -17%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 -100%
1971 28 0.000008158 8 20 -43%
1972 28 0.000008909 6 22 -57%
1973 28 0.000009281 7 21 -50%
1974 28 0.000009211 7 21 -50%
1975 43 0.000014241 13 30 -40%
1976 35 0.000011535 9 26 -49%
1977 29 0.00000913 11 18 -24%
1978 43 0.000013548 13 30 -40%
1979 42 0.000012624 11 31 -48%
1980 33 0.00000958 12 21 -27%
1981 55 0.000015899 16 39 -42%
1982 46 0.000013113 9 37 -61%
1983 48 0.000013859 19 29 -21%
1984 48 0.000013758 10 38 -58%
1985 44 0.000012328 15 29 -32%
1986 45 0.000012651 13 32 -42%
1987 28 0.000007766 12 16 -14%
1988 35 0.000009472 9 26 -49%
1989 44 0.000011445 11 33 -50%
1990 45 0.000011385 14 31 -38%
1991 60 0.000015403 18 42 -40%
1992 49 0.000012756 13 36 -47%
1993 44 0.00001167 15 29 -32%
1994 48 0.000012911 6 42 -75%
1995 39 0.000010649 8 31 -59%
1996 29 0.000007951 5 24 -66%
1997 46 0.000012687 8 38 -65%
1998 27 0.000007341 5 22 -63%
1999 25 0.000006768 25 -100%
2000 22 0.00000582 22 -100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 -100%
2002 13 0.000003478 13 -100%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 -100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2012 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 -100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 -100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%

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