Girls' name · since 1978
Pang
615 babies named Pang in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,392 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 615
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Pang sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 615 recorded since 1978.
Pang has 615 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1999.
- #10,392 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 615 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pang ranks #10,392 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 615 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,392 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 615
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Pang's 615 recorded births place it above 85.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
Pang's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Pang's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 44, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Pang popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1999
- Peak year (1984)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Pang popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 1986 (Pang as boys' name)
Pang by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (362 births, 59% of the file).
1980s was Pang's strongest decade.
362 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Pang births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
362 births
- 1990s
1990s
238 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 362 births (59% of all-time use).
How Pang compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Pang's total volume
Pang by state
Where Pang concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 211 | 34.3% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 90 | 14.6% |
| #3 | Wisconsin | | 82 | 13.3% |
| #4 | Rhode Island | | 5 | 0.8% |
211 of 615 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Pang's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (362 total births) through the 1990s (238) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Pangs (211 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Pang: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1978–1999 (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 Pang 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.