How rare is the name Sang?

11,561 people in the United States have the first name Sang, about 1 in 26,125. It ranks #2,254 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SANG

#2,254

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,561
About
1 in 26,125
This common or more
79.1%
Who bears it

Of the 11,561 people named Sang, 98.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander. 74.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sang peaked in 1981, when 32 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19292024
Peak year
1981
Births that year
32
In 2024
6 ▼81%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 718 babies have been given the name since 1929. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Sang by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #5,564. The largest share of babies named Sang, 53.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1920s#13,8275
1940s#11,6537
1950s#12,03613
1960s#12,79717
1970s#9,74175
1980s#5,564245
1990s#8,467187
2000s#19,75972
2010s#18,41486
2020s#32,45811
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–642.8%
Generation X 1965–8015.6%
Millennials 1981–9653.2%
Generation Z 1997–1218.4%
2013 and later9.3%

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 Sang

#2,252 Kaia · 11,567#2,253 Tierra · 11,562#2,255 Sky · 11,558#2,256 Ngoc · 11,554

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sang, most common first.

#33,205 Saeng · 250

Also a last name

As a last name, Sang ranks #7,302 of 156,621, with 4,399 people. See Sang as a last name

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