Hong
Hong is a name with multiple cultural origins: Chinese, Vietnamese.
- Chinese
- Vietnamese
Meaning & Origin of Hong
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hong is a name with multiple cultural origins: Chinese, Vietnamese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Chinese
- Vietnamese
The Story of Hong
As a girl name
Hong first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1976, with 15 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1982: 46 births, good for #2,185 nationwide. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 59% of all recorded Hongs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2001 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 450 Hongs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Hong first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1923, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1982: 20 births, good for #2,425 nationwide. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 56% of all recorded Hongs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2006 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 198 Hongs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Hong
Hong is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 450 births in the dataset. Hong's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #2,185. Use the chart and map above to compare Hong'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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