Dang — #11222 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dang

The Social Security Administration has registered 310 babies named Dang between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dang currently holds the #11222 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dang performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dang shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 67 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Dang in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dang 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 310 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.