Sung*
#7,178 most common boys' name of all time · #18,027 across all names · 87% male / 13% female · used 1946–2011 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#7,178
Rank overall
#18,027 of 105,966
First appeared
1946
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
513
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1989 #3,141
Best rank
#2,331 1984
Girls
Boys
peak 24/yr
Sung first appears in 1946. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,357 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,634 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,808 |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,516 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,177 |
| 1998 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,436 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,380 |
| 1996 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,261 |
| 1995 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,358 |
| 1994 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,907 |
| 1993 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #5,113 |
| 1992 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,662 |
| 1991 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,264 |
| 1990 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,523 |
| 1989 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #3,141 |
| 1988 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,289 |
| 1987 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,261 |
| 1986 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,343 |
| 1985 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #5,388 |
| 1984 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,331 |
| 1983 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,848 |
| 1982 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #3,832 |
| 1981 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #2,968 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,287 |
| 1979 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,689 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,760 |
| 1977 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,303 |
| 1976 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,665 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,545 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,410 |
| 1973 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,129 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,732 |
| 1971 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #4,197 |
| 1970 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #4,500 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,821 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,966 |
| 1967 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,455 |
| 1964 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #3,236 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,938 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,561 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,913 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,762 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,917 |