Unisex name · since 1975
Dung
469 babies named Dung in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,191 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 469
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
469 boys have been named Dung since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dung has 469 recorded births among boys since 1975, 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 1975 to 1998.
- #8,191 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 469 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dung ranks #8,191 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 469 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,191 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 469
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dung's 469 recorded births place it above 81.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
Dung's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dung's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 33% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 67%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 48, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dung popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1998
- Peak year (1982)
- 48
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Dung popularity over time - girls
287 total births recorded since 1976 (Dung as girls' name)
Dung by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (303 births, 65% of the file).
1980s was Dung's strongest decade.
303 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Dung births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 70
1970s
70 births
- 1980s
1980s
303 births
- 1990s 96
1990s
96 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 303 births (65% of all-time use).
Dung by state
Where Dung concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 104 | 22.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 47 | 10.0% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 10 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.1% |
104 of 469 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Dung's data
- Dung's decade-level peak was the 1980s (303 total births); usage has since declined to 96 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dungs (104 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 Dung: 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 (~23 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, 1975–1998 (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 Dung 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.