Unisex name · since 1947
Kyung
Kyung has 86 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1949 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,834 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Kyung is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 86 have been recorded since 1947.
Kyung has 86 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1993.
- #28,834 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 86 born since 1947
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kyung ranks #28,834 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 1947, peaking in the 1950s.
- #28,834 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Kyung's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Kansas.
Kyung's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kyung splits its recorded history at 1958: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1947 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1949 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kyung popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1993
- Peak year (1949)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Kyung popularity over time - boys
27 total births recorded since 1990 (Kyung as boys' name)
Kyung by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (39 births, 45% of the file).
1950s was Kyung's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Kyung births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s
1950s
39 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 39 births (45% of all-time use).
Kyung by state
Where Kyung concentrates geographically, total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kansas | | 55 | 64.0% |
55 of 86 births nationwide.
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What to do with Kyung's data
- Kyung's decade-level peak was the 1950s (39 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kansas records the most Kyungs (55 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kansas 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 Kyung: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1949)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1947–1993 (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 Kyung 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.