Ong — girls' name
52 babies named Ong in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
73% of everyone ever named Ong was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Ong in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ong
The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Ong between 1989 and 1999, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ong currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ong performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ong shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ong in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ong 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 52 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.
Ong at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ong popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1989
- Peak year (1989)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
52 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 14 births in a single year.
Ong by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 38 births that decade — 73% of Ong's all-time total
Ong decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ong's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
Ong by state
Where Ong concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 5 | 9.6% |
5 of 52 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 9.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 9.6% 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, 1989–1999 (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.