Kong — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kong

The Social Security Administration has registered 935 babies named Kong between 1979 and 2012, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kong currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 74 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kong performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 474 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kong shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 327 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Kong in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kong 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 935 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.