Cheng

Girl · recorded 1984–1997

  • 1997last recorded
  • 1988best year

Most popular in 1988.

Last recorded in 1997. Fewer than five girls 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 Cheng.

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 1984

02419841987199119941997

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 7 recorded years as a table
Cheng, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19843
19884
19903
19913
19933
19963
19973

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Cheng 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 1997
5
Rank in 1997
#13,724
How rare
1 in 348,142 girls
Since 1984
38

Cheng was last recorded in 1997. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1988, at 4 per million girls born.

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

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