first name
PHONG
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,276 people named Phong, 98% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander. 92.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Phong peaked in 1985, when 54 babies got the name.
At least 1,016 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Phong by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #3,784. The largest share of babies named Phong, 62.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Phong
2 other first names also have 6,276 people.
Either side of Phong
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Phong, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Phong ranks #29,804 of 156,621, with 842 people. See Phong as a last name
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