girls:
226 births since 1947
#5490 (4th percentile)
boys:
336 births since 1926
#4250 (7th percentile)
overall:
562 births since 1926
#7177 (7th percentile)
The name Chong is the #7,177 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 562 recorded births since 1926. This represents the 7.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,250 (7.3% percentile) for all time with 336 births since 1926. For girls, it ranks #5,490 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 226 births since 1947.
Chong first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1926 (1926 for boys and 1947 for girls). Birth data for Chong is available in 42 out of the 79 years between 1926 and 2004 (31 years for girls and 28 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Chong has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (59.8% of all recorded births). In 2004, 100.0% of babies named Chong were boys.
For boys, Chong reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #734) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2004.
For girls, Chong reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #843) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1996.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chong".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Chong. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Chong is pronounced as chawng, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is chawng, at 15.0% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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