Sung
- Last seen for girls in 2011 at #14,824
- Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055
- Given to boys 86.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1984 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 444since 1946
Sung 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | — | |
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| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
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| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
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| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
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| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,224 | 19 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,201 | 15 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | — | #2,292 | 22 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,787 | 16 | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
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| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
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| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
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| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
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| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
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| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five boys were named Sung! It came in at #2,690, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1953, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Sung is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Sung in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Sung
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1984 at #2,292 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 1 yr 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 82,039
- Highest: 1 in 82,039 boys born in 1984 were named Sung (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 411,055 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 31.3% of all boys named Sung (139) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2011
- Mostly boys until 2010, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 8 | #2,690 (1946) | #2,690 |
| 1950s | 12 | #3,452 (1954) | #3,536 |
| 1960s | 41 | #3,050 (1964) | #3,417 |
| 1970s | 90 | #2,601 (1976) | #3,807 |
| 1980s | 139 | #2,292 (1984) | #3,468 |
| 1990s | 130 | #3,224 (1991) | #4,903 |
| 2000s | 24 | #8,339 (2001) | #10,098 |
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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