How rare is the name Hoang?

9,594 people in the United States have the first name Hoang, about 1 in 31,481. It ranks #2,532 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

HOANG

#2,532

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,594
About
1 in 31,481
This common or more
80.1%
Who bears it

Of the 9,594 people named Hoang, 98.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander. 77.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hoang peaked in 1982, when 64 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752020
Peak year
1982
Births that year
64
In 2020
5 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 801 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Hoang by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,294. The largest share of babies named Hoang, 61.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#9,96472
1980s#4,294355
1990s#7,856209
2000s#15,155112
2010s#24,75348
2020s#39,3255
Generation X 1965–8012.2%
Millennials 1981–9661.8%
Generation Z 1997–1222.1%
2013 and later3.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Hoang

1 other first name also has 9,594 people.

#2,532 Vito · 9,594

Either side of Hoang

#2,530 Horacio · 9,603#2,531 Lissette · 9,600#2,532 Vito · 9,594#2,534 Jaycee · 9,592

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,548 Hong · 21,082#31,173 Houng · 276

Also a last name

As a last name, Hoang ranks #952 of 156,621, with 36,123 people. See Hoang as a last name

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