Trung
Trung is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
- Vietnamese
Meaning & Origin of Trung
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Trung 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 Trung
Trung first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1976, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1981, when 45 Trungs were born — ranking #1,411 that year. As of 2026, Trung ranks #12,106 for baby boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 759 Trungs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Trung
Trung is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 759 births in the dataset. Trung's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #1,411. Use the chart and map above to compare Trung'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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