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Hong

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Rainbow

Hong has been given to 648 babies in the U.S. since 1976. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1982, with 46 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 69% girls, 31% boys all-time.

Babies named Hong, 2001

1 in 624,000

Hong over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Hong over time

In 2006, Hong went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Hong: meaning, origin, and history

Rainbow

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hong means

Hong means “rainbow”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Hong is used in Chinese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /xʊŋ/ for Hong.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 450 girls were recorded with the name Hong between 1976 and 2001. Its highest annual count was 46 in 1982; its best national rank was #2,196 in 1982.

In the United States, 198 boys were recorded with the name Hong between 1923 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1982; its best national rank was #2,460 in 1982.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Hong?

Hong had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2001, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2001
1 in 624,000
6 of 3,742,181 births
Among girls only
1 in 300,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2001
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
432,315 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hong sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2001 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 432,315 children born in 2001 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hong. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hongs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hong was born before 1985 — so the typical Hong is around 40 today.

Median birth year
1985
About 40 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
59.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
96.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
450
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Choose a decade

1980s — 59.3% of all recorded uses (267).

Is Hong rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1982 (46)
Years since peak
43
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,196
1982

Spellings of Hong

Hong is not the most common spelling — Toni is, with 24.3% against Hong's 0.11%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Hong is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Hong was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 249,580 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Louisiana1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Hong has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Hong is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Hong was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 654,394 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Hong has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Hong around the world

Where Hong ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2005–2011
    #5,785
    in 2011
  • France
    1980–2010
    #5,978
    in 2010
  • Norway
    1880–1993
    #610
    in 1993
  • Canada
    1991–2011
    #3,211
    in 2011
  • South Australia
    1980–2009
    #818
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Hong by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#2,196
1982
Peak year
1982
46 that year
First recorded
1976
Last recorded
2001
All-time count
450
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,460
1982
Peak year
1982
20 that year
First recorded
1923
Last recorded
2006
All-time count
198
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Hong

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Hong

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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