Blong
Blong is a name with a single cultural origin: Hmong.
- Hmong
Meaning & Origin of Blong
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Blong is a name with a single cultural origin: Hmong.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hmong
The Story of Blong
American parents first put Blong on the record books as a baby boy name in 1981, with 15 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1990, when 30 Blongs were born — ranking #2,308 that year. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 55% of all recorded Blongs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1998 (9 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 255 Blongs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Blong
Blong is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 255 births in the dataset. Blong's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #2,308. Use the chart and map above to compare Blong's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.