Mong — boys' name
92 babies named Mong in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Mong was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Mong in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mong
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Mong between 1983 and 2000, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mong currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Mong is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 18 additional births since 1979.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mong performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mong shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mong in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mong 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 92 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.
Mong at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mong popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1983
- Peak year (1989)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
92 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 11 births in a single year.
Mong popularity over time — girls
18 total births recorded since 1979 (Mong as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Mong accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mong by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 46 births that decade — 50% of Mong's all-time total
Mong decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Mong's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Mong by state
Where Mong concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 30.4% |
28 of 92 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 30.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 30.4% 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, 1983–2000 (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.