girls:
108 births since 1980
#5608 (2nd percentile)
boys:
44 births since 1981
#4542 (1st percentile)
overall:
152 births since 1980
#7587 (2nd percentile)
The name Kang is the #7,587 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 152 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,608 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 108 births since 1980. For boys, it ranks #4,542 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 44 births since 1981.
Kang first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (1980 for girls and 1981 for boys). Birth data for Kang is available in 16 out of the 33 years between 1980 and 2012 (12 years for girls and 8 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 Kang has been given predominantly to girls, with 71.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2012, 0.0% of babies named Kang were girls. Interestingly, until around 1999, the name was more popular for girls (80.0% girls from 1980 to 1998), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1999 to 2012).
For girls, Kang reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #811) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1995.
For boys, Kang reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #812) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kang".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Kang. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.0% confident that Kang is pronounced as kang, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kang, at 12.8% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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