Cung
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOONG
- Origin
- Vietnamese
Cung is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Cung come from?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese name and surname; meaning depends on the Han-Vietnamese character
Is Cung a girl's or a boy's name?
Cung is a boys' name.
How popular is Cung in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the boys named Cung in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cung in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
Names like Cung
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
More Vietnamese names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cung: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cung, updated 20 October 2026.