How Many People Are Named Yug?
An estimated 630 people in the United States have the first name Yug. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 10 years old, and Yug peaked in popularity in 2024 with 59 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yug as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Yug paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
630
About 1 in 544,055 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
10
years old
Peak Year
2024
59 births
Total Registered
635
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yug
Yug is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 635 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Yug as a male name
Ranked #2,387 in 2024
59 male births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (59 births)
Yug: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yug span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 322 babies were registered. While Yug is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Yug by Decade
How has Yug tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Yug by State
Birth registrations for Yug span all 5 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New Jersey, California, Texas. The lowest are in Maryland, Georgia, Texas. On average, about 35 Yugs were registered per state.
Yug + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yug as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Yug
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
Yug: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yug?
We estimate approximately 630 people named Yug are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 544,055 Americans share this first name.
Is Yug a common name?
Yug is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 86.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 635 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yug most popular?
Yug reached peak popularity in 2024, when 59 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yug is approximately 10 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yug a male name?
Yug is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yug Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yug Smith, Yug Johnson, Yug Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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