Chong
The Story of Chong
As a girl name
Chong first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1947, with 10 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1991: 12 births, good for #6,976 nationwide. About 27% of every Chong on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Chong last appeared in the published SSA data in 1996, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 226 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Chong on the record books as a boy name in 1926, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1989, when 24 Chongs were born — ranking #2,615 that year. About 50% of every Chong on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Chong last appeared in the published SSA data in 2004, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 336 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Chong
Chong is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1926 and has accumulated 336 births in the dataset. Chong's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #2,615. Use the chart and map above to compare Chong'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 .
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