The Youngblood surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,197 people carried this name — #1,982 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 17,485 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

25 families named Youngblood, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 146 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

South Carolina 18
North Carolina 4
Pennsylvania 2
New York 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 270 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Youngblood in American newspapers,
1913–1920.

Newspaper page from The Commercial carrying the name Youngblood
The Commercial 1919-09-26
Newspaper page from The Telegraph-courier carrying the name Youngblood
The Telegraph-courier 1913-07-24
Newspaper page from The Commercial carrying the name Youngblood
The Commercial 1920-09-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,096 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Youngblood in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1960s.

54 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Youngblood. The most, 12, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 22
Queensland 10
Victoria 8
ACT (Canberra) 4
South Australia 4
Western Australia 3
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Youngblood.

Who carried it

People named Youngblood,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Harold Francis Youngblood
    Harold Francis Youngblood 1907–1983 · politician
  • Lucian N. Youngblood
    Lucian N. Youngblood 1918–1949 · military aviator
  • Rufus Youngblood
    Rufus Youngblood 1924–1996 · U.S. Secret Service agent
  • Charles Little Youngblood 1826–1922 · writer
  • Charles Nicholas Youngblood Sr. 1911–1990 · politician
  • Leslie L. Youngblood, Jr. 1920–2004 · business executive

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Youngblood,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States962 records

962 records of the Youngblood name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 648
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 193
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 73
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 25
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Bertram N. Youngblood

    Born 1917 in Texas. Enlisted 1945 at Dallas; machine shop worker from Dallas County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Dunbar Union Cemetery, Emory, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Charles Eugene Youngblood

    Born 1944; from Shreveport, Louisiana. U.S. Army, armor crewman; killed in action 1968 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Herbert Waldemar Youngblood

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1889, died 1965; buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 962 records for Youngblood in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Youngblood name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Robert Jacob Youngblood

    Buried in 1957 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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