How rare is the name Hang?

7,854 people in the United States have the first name Hang, about 1 in 38,456. It ranks #2,904 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

HANG

#2,904

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,854
About
1 in 38,456
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,854 people named Hang, 97.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.5% as White. 79% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hang peaked in 1984, when 45 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19772007
Peak year
1984
Births that year
45
In 2007
5 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 382 babies have been given the name since 1977. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Hang by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #5,434. The largest share of babies named Hang, 80.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#14,07234
1980s#5,434255
1990s#14,64782
2000s#39,54011
Generation X 1965–8014.4%
Millennials 1981–9680.6%
Generation Z 1997–125%

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.

Exactly as common as Hang

1 other first name also has 7,854 people.

#2,904 Richelle · 7,854

Either side of Hang

#2,902 Alysia · 7,857#2,903 Kamal · 7,855#2,904 Richelle · 7,854#2,906 Johnson · 7,851

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,733 Hans · 17,537#2,143 Hank · 12,449#30,089 Hanz · 291#35,030 Haeng · 231

Also a last name

As a last name, Hang ranks #4,884 of 156,621, with 7,003 people. See Hang as a last name

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