Dung

Boy · recorded 1975–1998

  • 1998last recorded
  • 1982best year

Most popular in 1982.

Last recorded in 1998. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1975

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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 24 recorded years as a table
Dung, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19755
197611
19779
19788
197910
198013
198122
198226
198319
198422
198518
198614
198714
19888
19897
199011
199110
19926
19934
19944
19954
19965
19973
19983

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dung 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 1998
6
Rank in 1998
#8,479
How rare
1 in 318,561 boys
Since 1975
469

Dung was last recorded in 1998. 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 1982, at 26 per million boys born.

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

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