Chong is a rare name used for both girls and boys that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.
Chong is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2004. Chong was first reported in SSA data in 1926 and peaked in 1989 (24 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,665 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,180 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,856 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,176 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | — | #9,866 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | — | #7,414 |
| 1996 | 19 | — | #13,944 | #4,423 |
| 1995 | 21 | — | #12,087 | #4,084 |
| 1994 | 20 | — | #10,808 | #4,575 |
| 1993 | 23 | — | #7,605 | #4,751 |
| 1992 | 26 | — | #8,879 | #3,631 |
| 1991 | 35 | — | #7,050 | #2,843 |
| 1990 | 24 | — | #8,000 | #4,005 |
| 1989 | 31 | — | #9,887 | #2,627 |
| 1988 | 21 | — | #12,171 | #3,234 |
| 1987 | 31 | — | #6,889 | #2,575 |
| 1986 | 23 | — | #11,257 | #2,795 |
| 1985 | 27 | — | #7,706 | #2,612 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | — | #3,496 |
| 1983 | 18 | — | #9,234 | #3,436 |
| 1982 | 28 | — | #9,444 | #2,281 |
| 1981 | 16 | — | #9,328 | #3,895 |
| 1980 | 22 | — | #6,891 | #3,284 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | — | #4,475 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | — | #5,948 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | — | #3,615 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #6,752 | — |
| 1962 | 8 | — | #4,926 | — |
| 1961 | 11 | — | #5,942 | #4,163 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #6,510 | — |
| 1959 | 8 | — | #4,694 | — |
| 1958 | 7 | — | #4,977 | — |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #5,493 | — |
| 1956 | 8 | — | #4,521 | — |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #5,873 | — |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #3,737 | — |
| 1952 | 5 | — | #5,685 | — |
| 1950 | 7 | — | #4,383 | — |
| 1949 | 8 | — | #3,945 | — |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #4,755 | — |
| 1947 | 10 | — | #3,489 | — |
| 1926 | 5 | — | — | #4,305 |