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.
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
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.
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.
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.