Jong
Jong is a name with a single cultural origin: Korean.
- Korean
Meaning & Origin of Jong
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jong is a name with a single cultural origin: Korean.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Korean
The Story of Jong
American parents first put Jong on the record books as a baby boy name in 1939, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1988, when 7 Jongs were born — ranking #5,751 that year. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 41% of all recorded Jongs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1994 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 74 Jongs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1930s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Jong
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About the name Jong
Jong is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1939 and has accumulated 74 births in the dataset. Jong's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #5,751. Use the chart and map above to compare Jong'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.