Dang
Boy · DAHNG · Vietnamese
Dang is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “lamp, light”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dang mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese name, Sino-Vietnamese root
“lamp, light”
As the Vietnamese name Dang it can mean 'lamp', as in Hai Dang, 'lighthouse'.
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Is Dang a girl's or a boy's name?
Dang is a boys' name.
How popular is Dang in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1982, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Dang in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dang in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
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