How Many People Are Named Phuong?
people named Phuong are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 269,334 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,315 babies named Phuong in Social Security records from 1975 to 2013, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
108 births
Trend
Last year given
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Sino-Vietnamese ้ณณ (phฦฐแปฃng) meaning "phoenix". This refers to the mythological creature known as the Chinese phoenix or the Fenghuang.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Phuong, 79.1% were girls and 20.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 75.2% of the babies were girls then and 82.4% in the 1990s.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Phuong alive today is about 38 years old, and 87% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 33 and 43 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Phuong first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 1982, to 108 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2013.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2013
๐ Rank History
Phuong has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,409, in 1984. Among boys, its best rank was #1,891, in 1983.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,409 (1984) | #1,891 (1983) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,975 in the 1980s | #2,641 in the 1980s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Phuong alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Phuong were born in California than in any other state: about 321 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Phuong was given 5 times as often in California and 2.7 times in Texas.
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