Boys' name · since 1970
Hyung
Hyung has 5 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,292 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Hyung is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 5 have been recorded since 1970.
Hyung has 5 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 1970.
- #41,292 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 5 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hyung ranks #41,292 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 5 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #41,292 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Hyung's 5 recorded births place it above 0% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hyung popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1970
- Peak year (1970)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Hyung by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (5 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Hyung's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Hyung births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 5 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hyung: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~0 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, 1970–1970 (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 Hyung 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.