Is Sung a boy or girl name?

Sung is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 513 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 13.5% were girls and 86.5% were boys.

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Sung

Recorded 1946–2011 · United States

Sung was most popular in 1989, when 24 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,334 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 513 people named Sung.

Sung over time

Births per year. The dot marks Sung’s peak in 1989. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Sung a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Sung is mostly a boy’s name — 13.5% of the 513 Americans given it were girls and 86.5% were boys.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Sung

Where Sung is most concentrated

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

Kansas 63.3×

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