Cheng*
#6,056 most common boys' name of all time · #15,062 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1979–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#6,056
Rank overall
#15,062 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
684
Since 2016
35
Peak year
1990 #1,868
Best rank
#1,696 1985
Girls
Boys
peak 48/yr
Cheng first appears in 1979. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,475 |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,311 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,252 |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,784 |
| 2018 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,150 |
| 2014 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,090 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,652 |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,979 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,244 |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,226 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,968 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,792 |
| 2003 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,486 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,761 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,854 |
| 2000 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,189 |
| 1999 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,484 |
| 1998 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,553 |
| 1997 | 5 | 23 | 28 | #3,237 |
| 1996 | 5 | 23 | 28 | #3,179 |
| 1995 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1994 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,604 |
| 1993 | 5 | 27 | 32 | #2,683 |
| 1992 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,816 |
| 1991 | 5 | 40 | 45 | #1,948 |
| 1990 | 6 | 42 | 48 | #1,868 |
| 1989 | — | 35 | 35 | #2,066 |
| 1988 | 7 | 31 | 38 | #2,086 |
| 1987 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,166 |
| 1986 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,696 |
| 1984 | 5 | 26 | 31 | #2,095 |
| 1983 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,784 |
| 1982 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,827 |
| 1981 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,416 |
| 1980 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,428 |
| 1979 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,391 |