Vang

Last seen for girls in 1990 at #11,409 · Last seen for boys in 2002 at #9,392
Given to boys 96.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,488
1990 · 27 births
Debut · boys
1979
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
325
since 1979

Vang over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Vang has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #2,488, 1990boys
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1999—#8,7046
1998—#7,5607
1997—#7,2817
1996—#5,18711
1995—#3,55918
1994—#4,09415
1993—#3,36819
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1990#11,4096#2,48827
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1988—#3,20316
1987—#2,94217
1986—#3,44013
1985—#2,82817
1984—#3,27013
1983—#3,07114
1982—#2,51819
1981#10,4115#2,77916
1980—#3,09814
1979—#5,3556
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First appearance
1979

The first year at least five boys were named Vang! It came in at #5,355, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2000–2001, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Vang
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1979
  • Peaked 1990 at #2,488 (27 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 76,075
  • Highest: 1 in 76,075 boys born in 1990 were named Vang (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 323,586 boys born in 2002 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 50.5% of all boys named Vang (164) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s6#5,355 (1979)#5,355
1980s164#2,518 (1982)#2,969
1990s144#2,488 (1990)#4,934
2000s11#9,392 (2002)#9,871

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Vang in 1990

girls
#11,409
6 births · 1 in 316,425 girls
boys
#2,488
27 births · 1 in 76,075 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #11,409Vang6

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #2,488Vang27
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 316,425 of them was named Vang, which outranked 25.1% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vang
  1. #10,193Zandrea7
  2. #10,193Zane7
  3. #10,193Zanna7
  4. #11,409Vang6
  5. #11,409Aariel6
  6. #11,409Aarion6
  7. #11,409Abagael6
  8. #12,958Aarica5
  9. #12,958Aasha5
  10. #12,958Abagale5

Tied with 1,548 names at #11,409; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 76,075 of them was named Vang, which outranked 73.8% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vang
  1. #2,432Wylie28
  2. #2,432Yesenia28
  3. #2,432Zeth28
  4. #2,488Vang27
  5. #2,488Adolph27
  6. #2,488Alexi27
  7. #2,488Amy27
  8. #2,553Adams26
  9. #2,553Amilcar26
  10. #2,553Anthoni26

Tied with 64 names at #2,488; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →