How Many People Are Named Chong?
people named Chong are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 664,951 people in the US has this name
Based on 562 babies named Chong in Social Security records from 1926 to 2004, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
35 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Chong, 39% were girls and 61% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 27.1% of the babies were girls then and 32.4% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Chong alive today is about 42 years old, and 74% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 33 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Chong first appears in the records in 1926 and was given most often in 1991, to 35 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2004.
Babies given the name each year, 1926 to 2004
🏆 Rank History
Chong has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,280, in 1982. Among girls, its best rank was #3,487, in 1947.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,280 (1982) | #3,487 (1947) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,898 in the 1980s | #8,856 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Chong alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chong were born in California than in any other state: about 117 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Chong was given 37.3 times as often in Kansas and 3.9 times in California.
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