Name Legacy

Dung

Recorded 1975–2000 · United States

Dung was most popular in 1982, when 71 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,607 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 756 people named Dung.

Most popular in1982
Rank that year#2,607
Births that year71
Total since 1880756
Given to62% boys

Dung over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Dung’s peak in 1982. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Dung a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dung is a unisex name — 38.0% of the 756 Americans given it were girls and 62.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 1989 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Where Dung is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org