How rare is the name Hung?

18,256 people in the United States have the first name Hung, about 1 in 16,544. It ranks #1,693 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HUNG

#1,693

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
18,256
About
1 in 16,544
This common or more
76.5%
Who bears it

Of the 18,256 people named Hung, 98% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander. 94.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hung peaked in 1982, when 88 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752022
Peak year
1982
Births that year
88
In 2022
5 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,018 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Hung by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #3,407. The largest share of babies named Hung, 63.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#7,560116
1980s#3,407506
1990s#7,352229
2000s#15,247111
2010s#24,09051
2020s#39,3255
Generation X 1965–8016.4%
Millennials 1981–9663.6%
Generation Z 1997–1216.5%
2013 and later3.5%

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.

Either side of Hung

#1,691 Liza · 18,271#1,692 Raegan · 18,263#1,694 Bruno · 18,245#1,695 Jamison · 18,241

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,116 Huong · 12,700#14,661 Huang · 800

Also a last name

As a last name, Hung ranks #4,580 of 156,621, with 7,499 people. See Hung as a last name

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