How rare is the name Dung?

14,292 people in the United States have the first name Dung, about 1 in 21,133. It ranks #1,955 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DUNG

#1,955

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,292
About
1 in 21,133
This common or more
77.9%
Who bears it

Of the 14,292 people named Dung, 98.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander. 55.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dung peaked in 1982, when 71 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752000
Peak year
1982
Births that year
71
In 2000
5 ▼93%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 756 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Dung by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #3,461. The largest share of babies named Dung, 78.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#8,101104
1980s#3,461493
1990s#9,688154
2000s#47,6555
Generation X 1965–8019.6%
Millennials 1981–9678.3%
Generation Z 1997–122.1%

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 Dung

#1,953 Jin · 14,306#1,954 Princess · 14,300#1,956 Kaleigh · 14,272#1,957 Alexus · 14,261

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,457 Duong · 3,148

Also a last name

As a last name, Dung ranks #44,544 of 156,621, with 519 people. See Dung as a last name

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