Boys' name · since 2015
Kaung
Kaung has 18 recorded births since 2015 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,747 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 2015
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaung is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 18 have been recorded since 2015.
Social Security Administration records show Kaung recorded 18 times among boys since 2015, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2018.
- #29,747 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 18 born since 2015
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaung ranks #29,747 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 2015, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,747 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 2015
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaung's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kaung's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaung splits its recorded history at 2017: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2018 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaung popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2018
- Peak year (2015)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Kaung by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (18 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Kaung's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kaung births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaung: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2015–2018 (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 Kaung 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.