Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Tong” in the USA?

Number of people named “Tong” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Tong” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Tong” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Tong” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Tong” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Tong” by birth year

This chart shows how “Tong” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1946 5 0.000001565 5 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 -100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 -100%
1983 20 0.000005775 20 -100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 -100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 -100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 -100%
1987 17 0.000004715 17 -100%
1988 21 0.000005683 21 -100%
1989 20 0.000005202 20 -100%
1990 19 0.000004807 19 -100%
1991 19 0.000004878 19 -100%
1992 19 0.000004946 19 -100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 -100%
1994 22 0.000005918 22 -100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%

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