Unisex name · since 2012
Ngun
Since 2012, U.S. Social Security records show 54 babies named Ngun, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ngun sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 54 recorded since 2012.
Ngun has 54 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2018.
- #34,155 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 54 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ngun ranks #34,155 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #34,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ngun's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Indiana.
Ngun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ngun's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ngun popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2018
- Peak year (2017)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2018.
54 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 11 births in a single year.
Ngun popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2015 (Ngun as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ngun accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ngun by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (54 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Ngun's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ngun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 54 births (100% of all-time use).
Ngun decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Ngun by state
Where Ngun concentrates geographically, total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indiana | | 5 | 9.3% |
5 of 54 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Indiana 9.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Indiana accounts for 9.3% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Indiana records the most Nguns (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Indiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~6 yrs)
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, 2012–2018 (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 Ngun 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.
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