Hoang
Huang is a Chinese surname. While Huáng is the pinyin romanization of the word, it may also be romanized as Hwang, Wong, Waan, Wan, Waon, Hwong, Vong, Hung, Hong, Bong, Eng, Ng, Uy, Wee, Oi, Oei, Oey, Ooi, Ong, or Ung due to pronunciations of the word in different dialects and languages. It is the 96th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
- Vietnamese
Meaning & Origin of Hoang
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Huang is a Chinese surname. While Huáng is the pinyin romanization of the word, it may also be romanized as Hwang, Wong, Waan, Wan, Waon, Hwong, Vong, Hung, Hong, Bong, Eng, Ng, Uy, Wee, Oi, Oei, Oey, Ooi, Ong, or Ung due to pronunciations of the word in different dialects and languages. It is the 96th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Vietnamese
The Story of Hoang
As a girl name
Hoang first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1979, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1982: 11 births, good for #5,910 nationwide. About 71% of every Hoang on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Hoang last appeared in the published SSA data in 1995, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 51 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Hoang first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1975, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1982: 53 births, good for #1,277 nationwide. About 43% of every Hoang on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Hoang last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 750 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Hoang
Hoang is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 750 births in the dataset. Hoang's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #1,277. Use the chart and map above to compare Hoang'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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