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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Phung

Used in both girl and boy records

Phung appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Phung by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDPhung as a girl’s nameUS records 1980–2003
#18405girl rank1986peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDPhung as a boy’s nameUS records 1984–1990
#26714boy rank1990peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Phung in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl198616 uses#472219861980–200316 listed years
Boy19906 uses#631319841984–19903 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.