Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Young

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Young
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1991

Peak era

1991

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Millennial

1880Peak 19912024

Peak year

1991

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

2,234

Young is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1991, when 42 boys were named Young.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 2,234 Americans have been named Young and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1991

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