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.

Wang

#17,705 most common boys' name of all time · #46,249 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1983–1999

Rank among boys
#17,705
Rank overall
#46,249 of 105,966
First appeared
1983
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
70
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1984 #5,530
Best rank
#5,530 1984
Girls Boys peak 7/yr

Wang first appears in 1983. 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
1999 — 5 5 #10,634
1995 — 5 5 #9,606
1994 — 5 5 #9,527
1991 — 5 5 #9,097
1990 — 7 7 #6,972
1989 — 7 7 #6,795
1988 — 5 5 #8,127
1987 — 5 5 #7,842
1986 — 7 7 #5,873
1985 — 7 7 #5,749
1984 — 7 7 #5,530
1983 — 5 5 #7,335