Girls' name · since 1949
Myung
Myung has 11 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1951 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #53,784 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1949
- 1950s
- peak decade
Myung sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 11 recorded since 1949.
Myung has 11 recorded births among girls since 1949, 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 1949 to 1951.
- #53,784 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1949
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Myung ranks #53,784 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1949, peaking in the 1950s.
- #53,784 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1949
- 1950s
- peak decade
Myung's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Kansas.
Myung's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Myung's SSA record in two at 1951 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1949, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1951 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Myung popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1951
- Peak year (1951)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Myung by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1950s was Myung's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Myung births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
Myung by state
Where Myung concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kansas | | 11 | 100.0% |
11 of 11 births nationwide.
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- Kansas records the most Myungs (11 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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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, 1949–1951 (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 Myung 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.