Mung — #9613 US boys' name
129 babies named Mung in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 33% of names given to boys today.
67% of everyone ever named Mung was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Mung in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mung
The Social Security Administration has registered 129 babies named Mung between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mung currently holds the #9613 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mung performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mung shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mung in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mung 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 129 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.
Mung at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mung popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2011
- Peak year (2019)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
Currently ranks #9613 among boys.
129 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 16 births in a single year.
Mung popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2017 (Mung as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Mung accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mung by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 87 births that decade — 67% of Mung's all-time total
Mung decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mung's strongest decade
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
Mung by state
Where Mung concentrates geographically — total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oklahoma | | 11 | 8.5% |
11 of 129 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Oklahoma 8.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Oklahoma accounts for 8.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 2011–2024 (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.