Unisex name · since 1942
Chung
Chung has 198 recorded births since 1942 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,015 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 198
- born since 1942
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chung sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 198 recorded since 1942.
Chung has 198 recorded births among boys since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1996.
- #13,015 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 198 born since 1942
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chung ranks #13,015 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 198 born since 1942, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,015 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 198
- born since 1942
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chung's 198 recorded births place it above 71.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Chung's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chung splits its recorded history at 1985: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1942 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chung popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1996
- Peak year (1982)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Chung popularity over time - girls
11 total births recorded since 1979 (Chung as girls' name)
Chung by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (104 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Chung's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Chung births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
42 births
- 1980s
1980s
104 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 104 births (53% of all-time use).
Chung by state
Where Chung concentrates geographically, total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13 | 6.6% |
13 of 198 births nationwide.
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- Chung's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (104 total births) through the 1990s (47) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Chungs (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chung: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1942–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chung draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.