How Many People Are Named Hong?
people named Hong are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 562,146 people in the US has this name
Based on 648 babies named Hong in Social Security records from 1923 to 2006, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
66 births
Trend
Last year given
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Sino-Vietnamese ็ด (hแปng) meaning "pink, red".
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โง Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Hong, 71.7% were girls and 28.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Hong rose from 70.6% in the 1980s to 81.4% in the 1990s.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Hong alive today is about 38 years old, and 88% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 34 and 43 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Hong first appears in the records in 1923 and was given most often in 1982, to 66 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2006.
Babies given the name each year, 1923 to 2006
๐ Rank History
Hong has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,196, in 1982. Among boys, its best rank was #2,460, in 1982.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,196 (1982) | #2,460 (1982) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,359 in the 1980s | #3,846 in the 1980s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Hong alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hong were born in California than in any other state: about 131 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hong was given about 5.9 times as often in California.
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