Is Yeng a boy or girl name?

Yeng is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 524 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 18.7% were girls and 81.3% were boys.

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Yeng

Recorded 1980–2009 · United States

Yeng was most popular in 1990, when 43 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,356 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 524 people named Yeng.

Yeng over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yeng’s peak in 1990. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yeng a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yeng is mostly a boy’s name — 18.7% of the 524 Americans given it were girls and 81.3% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Yeng

Where Yeng is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org