girls:
450 births since 1976
#5266 (8th percentile)
boys:
198 births since 1923
#4388 (4th percentile)
overall:
648 births since 1923
#7091 (8th percentile)
The name Hong is the #7,091 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 648 recorded births since 1923. This represents the 8.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,266 (7.8% percentile) for all time with 450 births since 1976. For boys, it ranks #4,388 (4.3% percentile) for all time with 198 births since 1923.
Hong first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1923 (1923 for boys and 1976 for girls). Birth data for Hong is available in 32 out of the 84 years between 1923 and 2006. 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 Hong has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (69.4% of all recorded births). In 2006, 0.0% of babies named Hong were girls. Interestingly, until around 1976, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1923 to 1975), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (71.3% girls from 1976 to 2006).
For girls, Hong reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #752) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 25 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2001.
For boys, Hong reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #676) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hong".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Hong. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.4% confident that Hong is pronounced as hawng, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is hahng, at 22.0% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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