Jung
Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology. He was a prolific author of over twenty books, illustrator, and correspondent, and academic, best known for his concept of archetypes.
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Meaning & Origin of Jung
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology. He was a prolific author of over twenty books, illustrator, and correspondent, and academic, best known for his concept of archetypes.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Jung
As a girl name
American parents first put Jung on the record books as a girl name in 1937, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1947, when 8 Jungs were born — ranking #4,007 that year. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 28% of all recorded Jungs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2002 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 151 Jungs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1930s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Jung first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1945, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1982: 10 births, good for #3,965 nationwide. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 33% of all recorded Jungs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2002 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 154 Jungs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jung
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About the name Jung
Jung is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1945 and has accumulated 154 births in the dataset. Jung's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #3,965. Use the chart and map above to compare Jung'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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