Dong — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dong

The Social Security Administration has registered 318 babies named Dong between 1956 and 2017, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dong currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dong performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dong shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kansas, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Dong in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dong 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 318 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.