Meng
Meng is a name with a single cultural origin: Chinese.
- Chinese
Meaning & Origin of Meng
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Meng is a name with a single cultural origin: Chinese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Chinese
The Story of Meng
American parents first put Meng on the record books as a baby boy name in 1979, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1993, when 41 Mengs were born — ranking #1,969 that year. About 46% of every Meng on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Meng last appeared in the published SSA data in 2013, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 555 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Meng
Meng is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 555 births in the dataset. Meng's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #1,969. Use the chart and map above to compare Meng'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.