Yug
An Indian masculine name referring to an era or epoch.
Name Census estimates that about 630 living Americans carry the first name Yug. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Yug today is around 10 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Yug births was 2024 (59 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Yug. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Yug with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
630
~ 1 in 544,055 Americans
Peak year
2024
59 babies that year
Average age
10
years old
2024 SSA rank
#2,387
Tracked since 2003
Census
Yug in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 454 people with the first name Yug, which placed it at #22,080 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#22,080
National first-name rank
People counted
454
454 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Asian and Pacific Islander
92.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Yug
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Yug is Asian/Pacific Islander at 92.5%. The next largest groups are American Indian/Alaska Native (4.0%) and White (1.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Yug described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Yug at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Asian and Pacific Islander92.5% · 420
- American Indian and Alaska Native4.0% · 18
- White1.8% · 8
- Two or more races1.5% · 7
- Black or African American0.2% · 1
Popularity
Yug: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Yug from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 322 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Yug remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Yug by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Yug during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Yugs live
The SSA's state-level files cover 5 states and territories. New Jersey, California, Texas recorded the most babies named Yug, while Maryland, Georgia, Texas recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 35 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Yug
The name Yug is a masculine given name of Sanskrit origin, derived from the Sanskrit word "yuga," which means "era" or "age." It is believed to have originated in ancient India during the Vedic period, which spanned from around 1500 BCE to 500 BCE.
Yug is often associated with the concept of the cosmic cycles or ages in Hindu mythology, known as the four yugas: Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, and Kali Yuga. These yugas represent different stages of moral and spiritual decline in the world, with Satya Yuga being the most spiritually enlightened age and Kali Yuga being the age of darkness and ignorance.
The name Yug can be found in various Hindu scriptures and texts, such as the Puranas and the Mahabharata. One of the earliest recorded references to the name Yug is in the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred Hindu scripture that is a part of the Mahabharata epic.
Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals who bore the name Yug. One of the earliest known figures was Yug Narasingha Malla, a Nepali king who ruled the Malla kingdom in the 16th century. Another notable figure was Yug Sakhi, a 16th-century Indian saint and poet who wrote devotional poetry in praise of the Hindu deity Krishna.
In the 19th century, Yug Pradhan was a prominent Nepali scholar and writer who made significant contributions to the literary and cultural landscape of Nepal. Yug Veer Khyalia was an Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary who participated in the Indian independence movement against British rule in the early 20th century.
More recently, Yug Tuli was an Indian actor and film producer who appeared in several Bollywood movies in the 1970s and 1980s. Yug Gupta is a contemporary Indian cricketer who has played for the Uttar Pradesh cricket team in domestic competitions.
People
Yug + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Yug as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with Y
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Yug: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yug?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 630 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Yug going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 544,055 US residents.
Is Yug a common name?
We classify Yug as "Very Rare". It ranks above 86.7% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 635 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Yug most popular?
The single biggest year for Yug was 2024, when 59 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Yug is about 10 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Yug in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 454 people with the name Yug, or 0.15 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #22,080 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Yug in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Yug?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Yug appears almost entirely male. Of the 452 people counted with this name, 99.6% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Yug?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Yug is Asian/Pacific Islander at 92.5%. The next largest groups are American Indian/Alaska Native (4.0%) and White (1.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Yug most often in the Census?
Asian/Pacific Islander is the largest reported group for people named Yug in the 2020 Census, accounting for 92.5% (420 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Yug in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Yug a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Yug in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Yug still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Yug in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Yug can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Yug?
For a quick modern take, check how many people have the name Yug on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org.