Hang — girls' name
382 babies named Hang in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Hang was born in this single decade.
45 babies were named Hang in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hang
The Social Security Administration has registered 382 babies named Hang between 1977 and 2007, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hang currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 45 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hang performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 255 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Hang shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 88 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Hang in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hang 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 382 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.
Hang at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hang popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1977
- Peak year (1984)
- 45
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
382 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 45 births in a single year.
Hang by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 255 births that decade — 67% of Hang's all-time total
Hang decade highlights
- Peak decade 255 births
- Runner-up 82 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Hang's strongest decade
255 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
Hang by state
Where Hang concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 88 | 23.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 31 | 8.1% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 14 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Kansas | | 6 | 1.6% |
88 of 382 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 23.0% of nationwide
- Texas 8.1% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.7% of nationwide
- Kansas 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 23.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.