Phung

girls:

163 births since 1980

#5553 (3rd percentile)

boys:

16 births since 1984

#4570 (0th percentile)

overall:

179 births since 1980

#7560 (2nd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Phung is the #7,560 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 179 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 2.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,553 (2.8% percentile) for all time with 163 births since 1980. For boys, it ranks #4,570 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 1984.

Phung first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (1980 for girls and 1984 for boys). Birth data for Phung is available in 16 out of the 24 years between 1980 and 2003 (16 years for girls and 3 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 Phung has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 91.1% of all recorded births being female.

For girls, Phung reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #803) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2003.

For boys, Phung reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #768) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1990.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Phung".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
163
Peak Births
16
Peak Year
1986
First Recorded
1980
Peak Percentile
1.4%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#803
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
16
Peak Births
6
Peak Year
1990
First Recorded
1984
Peak Percentile
0.1%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#768
Current Rank
Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Phung", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 4 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Phuong" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Phuong..

How to Pronounce Phung

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Phung. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 31.7% confident that Phung is pronounced as foong, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is fuhng, at 29.3% confidence, with 1 syllables.

1
31.7%
1
29.3%
1
24.4%
1
14.6%
foong (1 syllable)
31.7% confidence
F UH1 N G
fuhng (1 syllable)
29.3% confidence
F AH1 N G
poong (1 syllable)
24.4% confidence
P UH1 N G
fuhng (1 syllable)
Verified
14.6% confidence
F AH1 NG

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like F UH1 N G) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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