Kong
Kong is a name with a single cultural origin: Popular Culture.
- Popular Culture
Meaning & Origin of Kong
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kong is a name with a single cultural origin: Popular Culture.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Popular Culture
The Story of Kong
The earliest SSA record of Kong as a baby boy name dates back to 1979, when 9 babies received it. 1993 was its biggest year on record, with 74 newborns named Kong — #1,321 in the national rankings. About 51% of every Kong on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Kong last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 935 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Kong
Kong is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 935 births in the dataset. Kong's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #1,321. Use the chart and map above to compare Kong'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.