Yong
Yong (Korean: 용) is a Korean family name and a Korean given name.
- Chinese
- Korean
Meaning & Origin of Yong
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yong (Korean: 용) is a Korean family name and a Korean given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Chinese
- Korean
The Story of Yong
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Yong as a girl name dates back to 1936, when 5 babies received it. 1954 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Yong — #3,157 in the national rankings. About 60% of every Yong on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Yong last appeared in the published SSA data in 1983, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 124 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Yong as a boy name dates back to 1941, when 5 babies received it. 1993 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Yong — #4,447 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Yong on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Yong last appeared in the published SSA data in 2006, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 301 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Yong
Yong is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1941 and has accumulated 301 births in the dataset. Yong's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #4,447. Use the chart and map above to compare Yong's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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