Chong
- Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518
- Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
- Given to boys 59.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 336since 1926
Chong over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
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| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
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| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #3,604 | 17 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #2,828 | 23 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #2,559 | 21 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
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| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
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| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
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| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | — | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
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| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
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| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1926
The first year at least five boys were named Chong! It came in at #4,201, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1926–1966, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Chong is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Chong in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Chong
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
Rise & fade · boys
56 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1926
- Peaked 1982 at #2,269 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 82,475
- Highest: 1 in 82,475 boys born in 1982 were named Chong (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 396,996 boys born in 2004 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 49.7% of all boys named Chong (167) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1967
- Mostly girls until 1966, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,201 (1926) | #4,201 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,559 (1967) | #3,812 |
| 1970s | 13 | #4,403 (1979) | #5,088 |
| 1980s | 167 | #2,269 (1982) | #3,001 |
| 1990s | 125 | #2,828 (1991) | #5,491 |
| 2000s | 15 | #10,556 (2001) | #10,935 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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