Myong — girls' name
50 babies named Myong in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
76% of everyone ever named Myong was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Myong in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Myong
The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Myong between 1947 and 1964, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Myong currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Myong performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Myong shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kansas, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Myong in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Myong 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 50 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.
Myong at a glance
Last recorded 1964Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Myong popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1947
- Peak year (1956)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1964.
50 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 9 births in a single year.
Myong by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 38 births that decade — 76% of Myong's all-time total
Myong decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Myong's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
Myong by state
Where Myong concentrates geographically — total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kansas | | 44 | 88.0% |
44 of 50 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Kansas 88.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kansas accounts for 88.0% 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, 1947–1964 (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.