Hung
Boy · HOONG · Vietnamese
Hung is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “hero, brave”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Hung mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese Hùng
“hero, brave”
The Hùng kings are the legendary founding rulers of Vietnam, honoured at an annual festival.
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Is Hung a girl's or a boy's name?
Hung is a boys' name.
How popular is Hung 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 88 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Hung in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hung in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 37 | #2,118 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 33 | #2,184 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,303 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 38 | #1,661 |
| 1985 | 40 | #1,593 |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,143 |
| 1983 | 65 | #1,107 |
| 1982 | 88 | #957 |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,101 |
| 1980 | 51 | #1,313 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,532 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
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