girls:
5 births since 1985
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
998 births since 1975
#3594 (22nd percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1975
#6736 (13th percentile)
The name Phong is the #6,736 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,003 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 12.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,594 (21.6% percentile) for all time with 998 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1985.
Phong first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for boys and 1985 for girls). Birth data for Phong is available in 48 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 (48 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Phong has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Phong reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 6.7% percentile (ranked #642) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 27 births per million (ranked 6.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Phong ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 18.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Phong reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #800) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1985.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Phong".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Phong. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.5% confident that Phong is pronounced as fawng, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is pawng, at 30.3% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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