Yong is a rare name used for both girls and boys that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Yong is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2006. Yong was first reported in SSA data in 1936 and peaked in 1993 (13 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,019 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,908 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,621 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,272 |
| 2000 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,306 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,886 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,457 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | — | #7,268 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | — | #8,992 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | — | #6,397 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | — | #6,959 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | — | #4,689 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | — | #8,417 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | — | #5,927 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | — | #5,812 |
| 1989 | 10 | — | — | #5,156 |
| 1988 | 12 | — | — | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | — | #4,959 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | — | #7,812 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | — | #4,691 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | — | #6,305 |
| 1983 | 16 | — | #12,053 | #3,880 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | — | #4,995 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | — | #4,148 |
| 1980 | 12 | — | — | #3,610 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | — | #4,550 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | — | #5,118 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | — | #4,928 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | — | #4,500 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | #9,655 | #4,981 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | — | #5,034 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | — | #3,944 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #7,653 | — |
| 1962 | 14 | — | #4,859 | #4,626 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | — | #4,060 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | — | #4,034 |
| 1959 | 13 | — | #5,563 | #3,985 |
| 1958 | 11 | — | #3,921 | — |
| 1957 | 8 | — | #4,915 | — |
| 1956 | 13 | — | #3,491 | — |
| 1955 | 5 | — | #6,724 | — |
| 1954 | 13 | — | #3,323 | — |
| 1953 | 8 | — | #4,590 | — |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #6,205 | — |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #6,101 | — |
| 1949 | 7 | — | #4,666 | — |
| 1947 | 6 | — | — | #3,730 |
| 1946 | 17 | — | #4,413 | #2,532 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | — | #3,999 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | #4,343 | — |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #4,850 | — |