Yang
Meaning
varies by character: often 阳, 'sunlight', or 洋, 'ocean'; in US records the spelling also carries the Hmong clan name
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Yang has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
530 people · the #12,835 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 333,333 · median age 33
Among people named Yang living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Yang
Most people given the name Yang in the United States were born between 1980 and 2009. The Yang you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Yang deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Yang truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Yang fits with your family’s names and surname.
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