Deng

Boy · DENG

Deng is a boys' name, meaning “rain”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).

What does Deng mean?

Dinka (South Sudan), name of the rain god

“rain”

Common among South Sudan's Dinka people, for whom Deng, or Dengdit, is the sky god of rain and fertility.

Say it: DENG

Is Deng a girl's or a boy's name?

Deng is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Deng in the US?

Rank in 2025: #7,675among boys
Babies in 2025: 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadydown 13% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Deng, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.

2025 had fewer boys named Deng than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Deng in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1990Busiest: 23 in 20122025

Deng in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	10	#7,675
2024	15	#5,899
2023	16	#5,661
2022	13	#6,473
2021	16	#5,557
2020	9	#8,062
2019	17	#5,336
2018	21	#4,606
2017	18	#5,107
2016	15	#5,785
2015	16	#5,503
2014	20	#4,698
2013	17	#5,167
2012	23	#4,248
2011	14	#5,939
2010	16	#5,475
2009	11	#7,231
2008	18	#5,063
2007	15	#5,658
2006	19	#4,671
2005	19	#4,459
2004	6	#9,941
2003	11	#6,251
2002	0	–
2001	13	#5,383
2000	6	#9,104
1999	0	–
1998	0	–
1997	0	–
1996	0	–
1995	0	–
1994	0	–
1993	0	–
1992	0	–
1991	5	#8,228
1990	5	#8,108

Names like Deng

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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