How Many People Are Named Cheng?
people named Cheng are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 519,429 people in the US has this name
Based on 684 babies named Cheng in Social Security records from 1979 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
48 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Chinese ζ (chΓ©ng) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded" or θ― (chΓ©ng) meaning "sincere, honest, true", as well as other characters which are pronounced similarly.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Cheng, 5.7% were girls and 94.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 4.6% of the babies were girls then and 9.1% in the 1990s.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Cheng alive today is about 32 years old, and 69% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 28 and 38 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Cheng first appears in the records in 1979 and was given most often in 1990, to 48 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1979 to 2025
π Rank History
Cheng has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,674, in 1985. In 2025 it ranked #12,385.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,385 |
| Best rank | #1,674 (1985) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,824 in the 1990s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Cheng alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cheng were born in California than in any other state: about 208 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cheng was given 15.3 times as often in Minnesota, 8.1 times in Wisconsin and 4.2 times in California.
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