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Phong

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Phong is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
80.00% of boys
Peak year
198451 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1975
1,006people given the name
Babies named Phong, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,006 boys have been named Phong in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1984, with 51 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1980s alone account for 42%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Phong
1970s49
1980s427
1990s282
2000s124
2010s95
2020s29

In 1984, its biggest year

Phong was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1984 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. See all of 1984.

Names that rose and fell with Phong

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.