Quick answers about Young
How many people are named Young?
An estimated 1,250 living Americans are named Young.
How rare is Young?
Young fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Young?
The median age of a living American named Young is approximately 41 years, with most bearers falling between 31 and 53 years old.
Is Young still popular?
Not especially. Young has been declining since its 1991 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Young most common?
Young has its strongest geographic signal in California, where it appears 2.0× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Young is most concentrated in California — about 2.0× the national rate in the 1990s.
States where Young is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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