Young is an uncommon name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1991 and has since faded.
Young is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2022. Young was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1991 (42 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,286 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,681 |
| 2018 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,693 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,203 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | — | #14,142 |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,052 |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,760 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,633 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,131 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,178 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,843 |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 | — | #9,001 |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,573 |
| 2005 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,086 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,960 |
| 2003 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,705 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,715 |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,520 |
| 2000 | 22 | 22 | — | #3,760 |
| 1999 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,277 |
| 1998 | 27 | 27 | #16,554 | #3,484 |
| 1997 | 46 | — | #10,818 | #2,257 |
| 1996 | 29 | — | #15,850 | #3,106 |
| 1995 | 39 | — | #10,503 | #2,498 |
| 1994 | 48 | — | #13,413 | #2,011 |
| 1993 | 44 | — | #6,260 | #2,574 |
| 1992 | 49 | — | #7,065 | #2,173 |
| 1991 | 60 | — | #5,397 | #1,894 |
| 1990 | 45 | — | #6,460 | #2,306 |
| 1989 | 44 | — | #7,444 | #2,150 |
| 1988 | 35 | — | #8,384 | #2,365 |
| 1987 | 28 | — | #6,331 | #3,198 |
| 1986 | 45 | — | #5,755 | #1,916 |
| 1985 | 44 | — | #5,074 | #2,018 |
| 1984 | 48 | — | #6,805 | #1,605 |
| 1983 | 48 | — | #4,107 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 46 | — | #7,464 | #1,652 |
| 1981 | 55 | — | #4,744 | #1,576 |
| 1980 | 33 | — | #5,908 | #2,442 |
| 1979 | 42 | — | #6,185 | #1,832 |
| 1978 | 43 | — | #5,211 | #1,793 |
| 1977 | 29 | — | #5,883 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 35 | — | #6,604 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 43 | — | #4,850 | #1,703 |
| 1974 | 28 | — | #7,674 | #2,127 |
| 1973 | 28 | — | #7,429 | #2,033 |
| 1972 | 28 | — | #8,277 | #1,965 |
| 1971 | 28 | — | #6,615 | #2,123 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | — | #2,619 |
| 1969 | 29 | — | #4,416 | #2,128 |
| 1968 | 20 | — | — | #1,834 |
| 1967 | 11 | — | #6,796 | #4,546 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | — | #2,981 |
| 1965 | 20 | — | #5,284 | #2,473 |
| 1964 | 22 | — | #4,353 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 20 | — | #6,583 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 18 | — | #6,574 | #2,501 |
| 1961 | 22 | — | #6,563 | #2,146 |
| 1960 | 21 | — | #5,690 | #2,314 |
| 1959 | 22 | — | #4,029 | #2,659 |
| 1958 | 23 | — | #4,188 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 21 | — | #7,004 | #2,091 |
| 1956 | 23 | — | #4,834 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 24 | — | #5,202 | #1,978 |
| 1954 | 31 | — | #3,717 | #1,761 |
| 1953 | 21 | — | #4,224 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 30 | — | #2,802 | #2,152 |
| 1951 | 19 | — | #4,382 | #2,494 |
| 1950 | 26 | — | #4,311 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 21 | — | #4,667 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 25 | — | #5,239 | #1,757 |
| 1947 | 26 | — | #4,340 | #1,849 |
| 1946 | 22 | — | #5,682 | #1,811 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | — | #3,336 |
| 1944 | 24 | — | #4,048 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 19 | — | — | #1,698 |
| 1942 | 16 | — | #4,618 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 12 | — | — | #2,206 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | — | #2,080 |
| 1939 | 11 | — | — | #2,286 |
| 1938 | 19 | — | #4,989 | #1,975 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | — | #2,903 |
| 1936 | 26 | — | #4,851 | #1,504 |
| 1935 | 22 | — | #4,887 | #1,755 |
| 1934 | 14 | — | — | #2,020 |
| 1933 | 19 | — | — | #1,643 |
| 1932 | 21 | — | #3,895 | #2,098 |
| 1931 | 17 | — | — | #1,842 |
| 1930 | 23 | — | — | #1,558 |
| 1929 | 20 | — | #4,562 | #2,198 |
| 1928 | 16 | — | — | #2,046 |
| 1927 | 23 | — | — | #1,646 |
| 1926 | 18 | — | — | #1,910 |
| 1925 | 18 | — | — | #1,933 |
| 1924 | 21 | — | — | #1,775 |
| 1923 | 25 | — | — | #1,550 |
| 1922 | 32 | — | — | #1,307 |
| 1921 | 23 | — | — | #1,646 |
| 1920 | 26 | — | #5,756 | #1,746 |
| 1919 | 22 | — | — | #1,622 |
| 1918 | 25 | — | — | #1,498 |
| 1917 | 30 | — | — | #1,263 |
| 1916 | 21 | — | — | #1,592 |
| 1915 | 16 | — | — | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 18 | — | — | #1,490 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | — | #1,800 |
| 1912 | 15 | — | — | #1,266 |
| 1911 | 12 | — | — | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | — | #1,418 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | — | #1,274 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | — | #1,371 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | — | #1,093 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | — | #1,203 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | — | #1,305 |
| 1902 | 11 | — | — | #742 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | — | #1,209 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | — | #1,048 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,200 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | — | #1,000 |
| 1897 | 9 | — | — | #786 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | — | #1,099 |
| 1895 | 8 | — | — | #871 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,239 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | — | #1,031 |
| 1892 | 7 | — | — | #954 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | — | #960 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | — | #882 |
| 1889 | 10 | — | — | #672 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | — | #1,029 |
| 1887 | 12 | — | — | #543 |
| 1886 | 10 | — | — | #646 |
| 1885 | 10 | — | — | #640 |
| 1884 | 11 | — | — | #611 |
| 1883 | 12 | — | — | #555 |
| 1882 | 9 | — | — | #690 |
| 1881 | 9 | — | — | #652 |
| 1880 | 14 | — | — | #504 |