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Sung

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Alternate transcription of Seong

Sung has been given to 513 babies in the U.S. since 1946. 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 1984, with 22 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% boys, 13% girls all-time.

Babies named Sung, 2006

1 in 791,000

Sung over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Sung over time

In 2011, Sung went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19462011

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.

Sung: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Seong

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sung means

Sung is a alternate transcription of Seong.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Sung is used in Korean.

Another recorded pronunciation is /sʌŋ/ for Sung.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Seong.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 444 boys were recorded with the name Sung between 1946 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 22 in 1984; its best national rank was #2,353 in 1984.

In the United States, 69 girls were recorded with the name Sung between 1950 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1971; its best national rank was #4,687 in 1950.

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 Sung?

Sung had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2006, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2006
1 in 791,000
5 of 3,956,166 births
Among boys only
1 in 411,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2006
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
548,442 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sung sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2006 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 548,442 children born in 2006 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sung. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sungs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sung was born before 1984 — so the typical Sung is around 41 today.

Median birth year
1984
About 41 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
31.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
60.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
436
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 31.3% of all recorded uses (139).

Is Sung 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
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1984 (22)
Years since peak
41
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,353
1984

Spellings of Sung

Sung is not the most common spelling — King is, with 56.3% against Sung's 0.66%.

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 Sung is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Sung was most concentrated in Kansas — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 332,829 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kansas1 in 33,333
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3New 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. Sung has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Sung is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Sung was most concentrated in Kansas — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 87,908 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kansas1 in 100,000

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. Sung has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Sung around the world

Where Sung 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
    1996–2003
    #2,470
    in 2003
  • Canada
    2001–2001
    #2,057
    in 2001
  • South Australia
    1992–2008
    #726
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Sung by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,353
1984
Peak year
1984
22 that year
First recorded
1946
Last recorded
2006
All-time count
444
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,687
1950
Peak year
1971
9 that year
First recorded
1950
Last recorded
2011
All-time count
69
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Sung

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

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Sibling names for Sung

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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