Yug
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning age or era in Hindu cosmology.
Babies a year
29
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1035
29 babies
Yug by the numbers
In 2025, 29 babies in England and Wales were named Yug. In the US, 24 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 48 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yug. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.