Recorded 1949–1951 Girls' name Peak 1951 11 births

Myung — girls' name

11 babies named Myung in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s51950s6
1950s
Peak decade

55% of everyone ever named Myung was born in this single decade.

1951
Single peak year

6 babies were named Myung in 1951 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Myung

The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Myung between 1949 and 1951, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Myung currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1951. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Myung performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Myung shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kansas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Myung in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Myung 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 11 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.

Myung at a glance

Last recorded 1951

Total births

11

Since 1949

3 years of records

Peak year

1951

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1950s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1951

Active since

1949

Recorded for 3 years

Last year on file: 1951

Myung popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1949

Last recorded 1951
Peak year (1951)
6
Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
4.555.566.5 19511949 5

Myung by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1950s
Peak decade
1950s
6 births that decade — 55% of Myung's all-time total
1940s51950s6

Myung by state

Where Myung concentrates geographically — total births since 1949

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Myung
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Kansas
11 100.0%
Kansas share of Myung's total US births 100.0%

11 of 11 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Myung?
11 babies have been named Myung since 1949. It was last recorded in 1951. The peak year was 1951 with 6 births.
When was Myung most popular?
Myung was most popular in the 1950s decade with 6 total births. The single peak year was 1951.
Where is Myung most popular?
The top states for the name Myung are Kansas (11 births).
How long has the name Myung been used?
Myung has been recorded in Social Security data since 1949, spanning 3 years of data through 1951.
What names are similar to Myung?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Myunique. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1949–1951 (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.