Peng — boys' name
227 babies named Peng in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Peng was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Peng in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Peng
The Social Security Administration has registered 227 babies named Peng between 1981 and 2001, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Peng currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Peng performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Peng shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 80 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Peng in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Peng 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 227 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.
Peng at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Peng popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1981
- Peak year (1995)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
227 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 19 births in a single year.
Peng by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 117 births that decade — 52% of Peng's all-time total
Peng decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Peng's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Peng by state
Where Peng concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 80 | 35.2% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 5 | 2.2% |
80 of 227 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 35.2% of nationwide
- Minnesota 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 35.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1981–2001 (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.