Tung — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tung

The Social Security Administration has registered 221 babies named Tung between 1976 and 2011, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tung currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tung performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tung shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tung in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tung 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 221 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.