Chang — boys' name

What the Data Says About Chang

The Social Security Administration has registered 307 babies named Chang between 1940 and 2006, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chang currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chang performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Chang shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 63 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kansas and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Chang in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chang in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 307 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.