Phong — #9164 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Phong

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,006 babies named Phong between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Phong currently holds the #9164 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Phong performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 427 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Phong shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 248 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Phong in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Phong 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 1,006 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.