Peng
Peng is a name with a single cultural origin: Chinese.
- Chinese
Meaning & Origin of Peng
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Peng 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 Peng
American parents first put Peng on the record books as a baby boy name in 1981, with 13 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 19 Pengs were born — ranking #3,432 that year. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 52% of all recorded Pengs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2001 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 227 Pengs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Peng
Peng is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 227 births in the dataset. Peng's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #3,432. Use the chart and map above to compare Peng'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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