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Phuong

girls’ name · 79%boys’ name · 21%FadedCompare

Phuong is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
198287 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1975
1,315people given the name
Babies named Phuong, by year of birthgirlsboys
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The story in the numbers

1,033 girls have been named Phuong in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 87 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 87 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 1980s alone account for 55%.

Phuong is used for both sexes: 21% of its bearers are boys (282), most of them born around 1981.

By decade

Decadegirls named Phuong
1970s91
1980s569
1990s272
2000s83
2010s18

In 1982, its biggest year

Phuong was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.

Names that rose and fell with Phuong

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.