Yang

Girl · recorded 1982–2012

  • 2012last recorded
  • 1993best year

Most popular in 1993.

Last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Yang.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1982

03519821990199720052012

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 8 recorded years as a table
Yang, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19823
19853
19873
19883
19893
19935
19973
20123

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Yang isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012
5
Rank in 2012
#16,869
How rare
1 in 352,210 girls
Since 1982
47

Yang was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1993, at 5 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Yang doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.