# Ying (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ying/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 400 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 140 / 260 (65% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 141, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 7 | 11,771 |
| 1995 | 9 | 9,537 |
| 1996 | 6 | 13,494 |
| 1997 | 5 | 16,117 |
| 1998 | 8 | 11,118 |
| 1999 | 7 | 12,662 |
| 2000 | 7 | 13,133 |
| 2001 | 7 | 13,481 |
| 2002 | 6 | 15,373 |
| 2003 | 9 | 11,300 |
| 2004 | 9 | 11,605 |
| 2005 | 7 | 14,475 |
| 2006 | 6 | 17,096 |
| 2007 | 13 | 9,523 |
| 2009 | 6 | 17,232 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 10 | 4,136 |
| 1984 | 6 | 6,304 |
| 1985 | 7 | 5,772 |
| 1986 | 8 | 5,323 |
| 1987 | 12 | 3,954 |
| 1988 | 7 | 6,416 |
| 1989 | 12 | 4,518 |
| 1990 | 7 | 7,172 |
| 1991 | 7 | 7,251 |
| 1992 | 7 | 7,403 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,681 |
| 1994 | 11 | 5,443 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7,783 |
| 1997 | 8 | 7,265 |
| 1998 | 5 | 11,290 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 1999 | 6 | 2,444 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2003 | 7 | 2,436 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,721 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,589 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,254 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2008 | 11 | 1,828 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |

## People named Ying

- Han Ying, Chinese-born German table tennis player
- Chen Ying, Chinese sport shooter
- Qiu Ying, Chinese painter (1494–1552)
- Ying Chen, Canadian writer
- Mu Ying, Chinese general
- Zhang Ying, Chinese field hockey player
- Luo Ying, Chinese badminton player
- Eileen Chang, Chinese-born American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter (1920–1995)
- Emperor Hui of Han, emperor of the Han dynasty
- Maya Lin, American sculptor and architect (born 1959)
- Angelababy, Chinese model and actress
- Wayne Wang, American film director

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.