Sang
- Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
- Given to boys 93.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1985 · 28 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 671since 1929
Sang 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,307 | 13 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,173 | 9 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,588 | 12 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,326 | 20 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | — | #2,747 | 25 | |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #2,915 | 22 |
| 1990 | — | #2,780 | 23 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | — | #2,682 | 21 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,057 | 29 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,601 | 20 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,019 | 28 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,292 | 22 | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #2,408 | 20 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #2,086 | 25 |
| 1980 | — | #2,444 | 20 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
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| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
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| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
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| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
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| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1929
The first year at least five boys were named Sang! It came in at #3,959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1929–1946, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Sang is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Sang in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Sang
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
56 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1929
- Peaked 1985 at #2,019 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 10 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 64,379
- Highest: 1 in 64,379 boys born in 1987 were named Sang (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,019 in 1985, was only 1 in 66,008 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 32.6% of all boys named Sang (219) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #3,959 (1929) | #3,959 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 7 | #3,096 (1947) | #3,096 |
| 1950s | 13 | #3,033 (1958) | #3,416 |
| 1960s | 17 | #3,673 (1968) | #3,846 |
| 1970s | 75 | #3,013 (1973) | #3,958 |
| 1980s | 219 | #2,019 (1985) | #2,463 |
| 1990s | 166 | #2,747 (1992) | #4,150 |
| 2000s | 72 | #5,588 (2000) | #8,621 |
| 2010s | 86 | #6,306 (2012) | #8,979 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,938 (2024) | #11,480 |
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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