How rare is the name Cuong?

7,113 people in the United States have the first name Cuong, about 1 in 42,462. It ranks #3,098 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CUONG

#3,098

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,113
About
1 in 42,462
This common or more
81.6%
Who bears it

Of the 7,113 people named Cuong, 98.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander. 96.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cuong peaked in 1983, when 46 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19762003
Peak year
1983
Births that year
46
In 2003
5 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 554 babies have been given the name since 1976. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Cuong by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,283. The largest share of babies named Cuong, 79.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#14,22933
1980s#4,283357
1990s#10,415139
2000s#30,91325
Generation X 1965–8012.1%
Millennials 1981–9679.1%
Generation Z 1997–128.8%

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 Cuong

#3,096 Sal · 7,124#3,097 Theodora · 7,119#3,099 Reva · 7,109#3,100 Adelaida · 7,104

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cuong, most common first.

#12,376 Cung · 1,008

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