Boys' name · since 1978
Ubong
Ubong has 10 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,762 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 1978
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ubong sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 10 recorded since 1978.
Ubong has 10 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1979.
- #35,762 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 10 born since 1978
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ubong ranks #35,762 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1978, peaking in the 1970s.
- #35,762 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 1978
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ubong's 10 recorded births place it above 21.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ubong's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ubong's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded.
Ubong popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1979
- Peak year (1978)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1979.
10 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 5 births in a single year.
Ubong by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Ubong's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ubong births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
Ubong decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ubong: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~1 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, 1978–1979 (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 Ubong 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.
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