Yug
Boy · YOOG · Sanskrit
Yug is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “age, era”. In 2025 it ranked 1,102nd for boys in the UK (29 babies) and 1,976th for boys in the US (77 babies).
What does Yug mean?
Sanskrit: from yuga
“age, era”
From Sanskrit yuga, an age or era; Hindu cosmology describes a repeating cycle of four yugas.
- Say it
- YOOG
Is Yug a girl's or a boy's name?
Yug is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the UK and 77 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yug in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,102among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 144% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were named Yug, making it the 1,102nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Yug of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Yug in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,035th in England and Wales.
Yug in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #1,102 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,203 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
How popular is Yug in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,976among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 77about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 85% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 77 boys in the US were named Yug, making it the 1,976th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. It first appears in the records in 2003.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Yug of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Yug in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yug in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #1,976 |
| 2024 | 59 | #2,370 |
| 2023 | 49 | #2,659 |
| 2022 | 47 | #2,751 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Names like Yug
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