Thuong
Cháng is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 常 (Cháng). It was listed 80th among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames.
Meaning & Origin of Thuong
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cháng is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 常 (Cháng). It was listed 80th among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames.
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Origin & history
The Story of Thuong
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Thuong as a girl name dates back to 1982, when 8 babies received it. 1982 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Thuong — #7,469 in the national rankings. About 54% of every Thuong on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Thuong last appeared in the published SSA data in 1995, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 37 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Thuong on the record books as a boy name in 1993, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1993, when 7 Thuongs were born — ranking #6,813 that year. Thuong last appeared in the published SSA data in 1993, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 7 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Thuong
Thuong is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 37 births in the dataset. Thuong's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #7,469. Use the chart and map above to compare Thuong'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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