Xiong

Last seen for boys in 1997 at #9,265

Peak · boys
1990 · 17 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
176
since 1980

Xiong over time

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Rank among boys' names. Xiong has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #3,467, 1990boys
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1997#9,2655
1996#6,4968
1995#5,9289
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First appearance
1980

The first year at least five boys were named Xiong! It came in at #4,134, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1986, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Xiong is popular in 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,500 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 33,582 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Xiong, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,500 · 1 in 33,582

Best ever in a state: #1,336 in California, 1987.

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See more about Xiong
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1980
  • Peaked 1990 at #3,467 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 6 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 120,826
  • Highest: 1 in 120,826 boys born in 1990 were named Xiong (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 377,028 boys born in 1997 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 50.6% of all boys named Xiong (89) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s89#3,482 (1982)#4,227
1990s87#3,467 (1990)#5,490

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.

Xiong in 1989

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#3,809
14 births · 1 in 142,923 boys

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #3,809Xiong14
More about 1989

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 142,923 of them was named Xiong, which outranked 58.7% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Xiong
  1. #3,618Yan15
  2. #3,618Zakari15
  3. #3,618Zenas15
  4. #3,809Xiong14
  5. #3,809Abhishek14
  6. #3,809Abisai14
  7. #3,809Adrion14
  8. #4,017Aarion13
  9. #4,017Abimael13
  10. #4,017Adem13

Tied with 207 names at #3,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989 →