How rare is the name Chong?

10,492 people in the United States have the first name Chong, about 1 in 28,787. It ranks #2,386 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CHONG

#2,386

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,492
About
1 in 28,787
This common or more
79.6%
Who bears it

Of the 10,492 people named Chong, 97.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.1% as two or more races. 62.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Chong peaked in 1991, when 35 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19262004
Peak year
1991
Births that year
35
In 2004
5 ▼86%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 562 babies have been given the name since 1926. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Chong by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #5,818. The largest share of babies named Chong, 66.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1920s#13,8275
1940s#8,83924
1950s#7,72356
1960s#10,30735
1970s#19,24513
1980s#5,818229
1990s#8,541185
2000s#36,59615
Greatest Generation 1901–270.9%
Baby boom 1946–6419.4%
Generation X 1965–807.3%
Millennials 1981–9666.7%
Generation Z 1997–125.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Chong

#2,383 Tameka · 10,495#2,385 Kennedi · 10,494#2,387 Etta · 10,485#2,388 Francesco · 10,482

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chong, most common first.

#3,056 Chang · 7,243#3,485 Chung · 5,952#3,615 Cheng · 5,656#5,756 Ching · 2,899#7,867 Chuong · 1,887#24,393 Choong · 395#26,868 Cheong · 344#46,679 Choung · 142

Also a last name

As a last name, Chong ranks #2,297 of 156,621, with 15,474 people. See Chong as a last name

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