Tong

TAHNG /ˈtɑːŋ/
boy 1 syllable fading

Tong is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1993 and has since faded.

Tong is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2019. Tong was first reported in SSA data in 1946 and peaked in 1993 (22 births).

About the name Tong

PronunciationTAHNG /ˈtɑːŋ/
CultureChineseKoreanVietnamese
22peak births 1993
1946first in SSA data

Names similar to Tong

How popular is Tong?

Boys named Tong
194619501960197019801990200020102019
Boys named Tong per year hover for count and boys rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1946–2019 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2019) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Tong total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201955#13,949
201066#12,077
200577#10,053
199977#8,631
199888#7,489
19975—#10,686
19966—#8,914
199512—#5,096
199422—#3,206
199322—#3,134
199219—#3,450
199119—#3,314
199019—#3,299
198920—#3,081
198821—#2,760
198717—#3,062
198613—#3,634
198512—#3,783
198412—#3,673
198320—#2,488
19829—#4,562
198116—#2,880
19807—#5,480
19465—#3,977