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Sang

Boy · SAHNG · Korean

Sang is a boys' name of Korean origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Sang mean?

Korean: used in Korean and Vietnamese families

In Vietnamese sang means 'noble, distinguished'; in Korean the meaning depends on the Hanja character chosen.

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

Sang is a boys' name.

How popular is Sang in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1987, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1929.

Half of all the boys named Sang in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.

1929Busiest: 29 in 19872024
Sang in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20246#10,930
20230–
20220–
20210–
20205#12,016
20197#9,750
20185#12,150
20179#8,136
201610#7,600
20155#12,080
201413#6,303
20137#9,650
201213#6,300
201111#7,002
20106#10,759
20096#10,989
20087#9,864
20079#8,169
20060–
200511#6,628
20045#11,348
20037#8,636
20026#9,385
20019#6,928
200012#5,581
199910#6,036
199811#5,460
19979#6,094
199616#4,016
199514#4,274
199420#3,320
199316#3,812
199225#2,741
199122#2,909
199023#2,774
198916#3,440
198821#2,677
198729#2,053
198620#2,598
198528#2,018
198422#2,291
198320#2,407
198218#2,595
198125#2,085
198020#2,443
197913#3,167
19787#4,552
19776#5,121
19769#3,722
19757#4,307
19748#3,835
197311#3,011
19720–
19716#4,373
19708#3,519
19696#3,934
19686#3,672
19670–
19660–
19655#3,928
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19588#3,031
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19535#3,796
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19477#3,095
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19295#3,957

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