How rare is the name Meng?

3,891 people in the United States have the first name Meng, about 1 in 77,623. It ranks #4,689 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MENG

#4,689

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,891
About
1 in 77,623
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,891 people named Meng, 97.6% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.6% as White. 52.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Meng peaked in 1993, when 41 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19792013
Peak year
1993
Births that year
41
In 2013
5 ▼88%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 568 babies have been given the name since 1979. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Meng by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #5,721. The largest share of babies named Meng, 78.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#24,5405
1980s#5,721235
1990s#6,726258
2000s#21,73060
2010s#41,23310
Generation X 1965–802.3%
Millennials 1981–9678.3%
Generation Z 1997–1218.5%
2013 and later0.9%

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 Meng

#4,687 Nallely · 3,893#4,688 Brionna · 3,892#4,690 Burt · 3,889#4,691 Otilia · 3,886

Also a last name

As a last name, Meng ranks #4,651 of 156,621, with 7,390 people. See Meng as a last name

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