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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Yug

Yug was the 1991st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 77 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,235 places. More babies were named Yug in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#1,991 boys, up 1,210 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
77boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
202577 babies
Total since 1880
712babies recorded

Yug popularity since 1880

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Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#1,99177
2020#3,20136
2010#3,99226
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How popular is Yug, counting every spelling?

Yug has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Yug?

77 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Yug (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Yug born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 109 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Yug.

Chance of another Yug in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inNew Jerseyunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Yug?

About 700 people born in the US named Yug are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 3 and 14. That makes Yug a young name: most people with it are children.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Yug by state

How common Yug was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (4.2×), California (1.6×). In 42 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesWA0.04Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.13Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCA0.05Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNC0.02South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesGA0.02Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Yug, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Yug: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Yug, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Yug

How popular is the name Yug?

Yug was the 1991st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 77 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,235 places. More babies were named Yug in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Yug a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Yug in the US.

Where is Yug most popular?

In 2021–2025, Yug was most common in New Jersey (0.13 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Washington.