How Many People Are Named Chang?
people named Chang are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,182,646 people in the US has this name
Based on 312 babies named Chang in Social Security records from 1940 to 2006, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
17 births
Trend
Last year given
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Chinese ๆ (chฤng) meaning "flourish, prosper, good, sunlight" (which is usually only masculine), ็ (chร ng) meaning "smooth, free, unrestrained" or ้ฟ (chรกng) meaning "long". Other Chinese characters are also possible.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Chang, 1.7% were girls and 98.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 4.5% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 1990s.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Chang alive today is about 37 years old, and 72% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 30 and 42 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Chang first appears in the records in 1940 and was given most often in 1982, to 17 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2006.
Babies given the name each year, 1940 to 2006
๐ Rank History
Chang has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,288, in 1986.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,288 (1986) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,781 in the 1990s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Chang alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chang were born in California than in any other state: about 60 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Chang was given about 5.6 times as often in California.
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