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Hong
How to Pronounce Hong
Pronounced HAWNG /ΛhΙΛΕ/Low
Meaning: Hong reaches United States records by two paths, the Vietnamese Hong meaning rose or pink and the Chinese Hong meaning vast or, in another character, red; both are written plainly here without tone marks.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Hong appears in the record as an immigrant-era name rather than a homegrown one. It surfaced for a small number of boys across the twentieth century and touched a modest high in 1982, in step with wider migration from Vietnam and China.
The name stayed rare throughout, given to only a handful of boys a year, from its early appearances through the mid two-thousands. A boy named Hong at that peak would be in his early forties now, and for many families it sat alongside an English name used at school.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Hong mean?
It has two routes, the Vietnamese Hong meaning rose or pink and the Chinese Hong meaning vast or red.
How do you pronounce Hong?
It is said HAWNG /ΛhΙΛΕ/, a single syllable rhyming with song.
Is Hong a boy or girl name?
In these United States records Hong is recorded as a boy's name, though the underlying names can be given to either sex.
How popular is Hong?
It was always rare in the United States, given to only a handful of boys a year even at its peak in the early nineteen-eighties.