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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Sung

Used in both girl and boy records

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

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Sung 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 RECORDSung as a girl’s nameUS records 1950–2011
#26196girl rank1971peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDSung as a boy’s nameUS records 1946–2006
#7310boy rank1984peak year
Read boy record ↗

Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Sung 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
Girl19719 uses#431719501950–201111 listed years
Boy198422 uses#229219841946–200643 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.