Recorded 1989–1999 Girls' name Peak 1989 52 births

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.

1980s141990s38
1990s
Peak decade

73% of everyone ever named Ong was born in this single decade.

1989
Single peak year

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 1999

Total births

52

Since 1989

11 years of records

Peak year

1989

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1999

Active since

1989

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 1999

Ong popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1989

Last recorded 1999
Peak year (1989)
14
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
46810121416 1999199419931992199119901989 14

Ong by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
38 births that decade — 73% of Ong's all-time total
1980s141990s38

Ong by state

Where Ong concentrates geographically — total births since 1989

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Ong
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Minnesota
5 9.6%
Minnesota share of Ong's total US births 9.6%

5 of 52 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ong?
52 babies have been named Ong since 1989. It was last recorded in 1999. The peak year was 1989 with 14 births.
When was Ong most popular?
Ong was most popular in the 1990s decade with 38 total births. The single peak year was 1989.
Where is Ong most popular?
The top states for the name Ong are Minnesota (5 births).
How long has the name Ong been used?
Ong has been recorded in Social Security data since 1989, spanning 11 years of data through 1999.

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.