Hang

Peak · girls
1984 · 45 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
382
since 1977

Hang over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Hang has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #2,192, 1984girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2007#17,6365
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2000#13,1546
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1998#10,1228
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1996#10,5677
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1994#11,7786
1993#7,49811
1992#6,31414
1991#4,65021
1990#5,83515
1989#5,04917
1988#4,65318
1987#5,07415
1986#3,75722
1985#4,12619
1984#2,19245
1983#2,43338
1982#2,70434
1981#3,25326
1980#3,71921
1979#6,18910
1978#5,21412
1977#5,21312
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five girls were named Hang! It came in at #5,213, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Hang is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Hang in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Hang
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 1984 at #2,192 (45 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 37,418
  • Highest: 1 in 37,418 girls born in 1984 were named Hang (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 384,523 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 66.8% of all girls named Hang (255) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s34#5,213 (1977)#5,539
1980s255#2,192 (1984)#3,696
1990s82#4,650 (1991)#8,109
2000s11#13,154 (2000)#15,395

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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