Dong

Boy · recorded 1956–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1991best year

Most popular in 1991.

Last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dong.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1956

05919561971198720022017

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 37 recorded years as a table
Dong, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19562
19643
19653
19673
19683
19693
19703
19724
19764
19773
19796
19806
19817
19829
19835
19844
19857
19863
19876
19884
19896
19906
19919
19927
19938
19946
19956
19964
19973
19983
19993
20004
20015
20023
20034
20123
20173

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dong isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017
6
Rank in 2017
#10,775
How rare
1 in 308,492 boys
Since 1956
318

Dong was last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1991, at 9 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dong doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.