Cong
Cong is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
- Vietnamese
Meaning & Origin of Cong
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cong is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Vietnamese
The Story of Cong
American parents first put Cong on the record books as a baby boy name in 1982, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1983, when 7 Congs were born — ranking #4,908 that year. About 75% of every Cong on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Cong last appeared in the published SSA data in 1992, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 48 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Cong
Cong is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 48 births in the dataset. Cong's peak popularity came in 1983 when it ranked #4,908. Use the chart and map above to compare Cong'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.