Trang
Trang is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
- Vietnamese
Meaning & Origin of Trang
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Trang is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Vietnamese
The Story of Trang
American parents first put Trang on the record books as a baby girl name in 1975, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1982, when 74 Trangs were born — ranking #1,584 that year. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 55% of all recorded Trangs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2011 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 955 Trangs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Trang
Trang is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 955 births in the dataset. Trang's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #1,584. Use the chart and map above to compare Trang'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.