Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Phong

#4,769 most common boys' name of all time · #11,753 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1975–2025

Rank among boys
#4,769
Rank overall
#11,753 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
1,016
Since 2016
71
Peak year
1985 #1,414
Best rank
#1,318 1984
Girls Boys peak 54/yr
198020002020

Phong first appears in 1975. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,415
2024 — 8 8 #9,215
2023 — 9 9 #8,452
2022 — 5 5 #12,756
2020 — 7 7 #9,836
2019 — 10 10 #7,817
2018 — 8 8 #9,037
2017 — 11 11 #7,250
2016 — 8 8 #9,044
2015 — 6 6 #11,014
2014 — 11 11 #7,238
2013 — 10 10 #7,735
2012 — 20 20 #4,753
2011 — 6 6 #11,216
2010 — 5 5 #12,705
2009 — 12 12 #6,971
2008 — 9 9 #8,562
2007 — 8 8 #9,187
2006 — 12 12 #6,630
2005 — 8 8 #8,586
2004 — 12 12 #6,292
2003 — 19 19 #4,348
2002 — 21 21 #3,986
2001 — 11 11 #6,203
2000 — 12 12 #5,735
1999 — 14 14 #4,908
1998 — 16 16 #4,319
1997 — 17 17 #3,977
1996 — 24 24 #3,084
1995 — 29 29 #2,604
1994 — 23 23 #3,081
1993 — 35 35 #2,249
1992 — 47 47 #1,799
1991 — 43 43 #1,858
1990 — 34 34 #2,161
1989 — 30 30 #2,286
1988 — 49 49 #1,524
1987 — 41 41 #1,680
1986 — 38 38 #1,692
1985 5 49 54 #1,414
1984 — 51 51 #1,318
1983 — 45 45 #1,428
1982 — 49 49 #1,361
1981 — 41 41 #1,518
1980 — 34 34 #1,724
1979 — 20 20 #2,461
1978 — 8 8 #4,502
1977 — 5 5 #6,575
1976 — 9 9 #3,993
1975 — 7 7 #4,780