Yang
Boy · YAHNG · Chinese
Yang is a boys' name of Chinese origin, meaning “sun or ocean, depending on characters”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Yang mean?
Chinese: Chinese given name, also a common surname
“sun or ocean, depending on characters”
Yang is also the bright, active force paired with yin in Chinese philosophy.
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- YAHNG
Is Yang a girl's or a boy's name?
Yang is a boys' name.
How popular is Yang in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 5 boys.
Yang in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
How popular is Yang in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Yang in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yang in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
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