Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Kang

Gender

Male

Origin

Chinese
Healthy

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Kang

Pronunciation

k(a)-ng

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2000 (rank #8205, 7 births); most recent 2012 (rank #12238, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1983 (rank #4106, 18 births); most recent 1995 (rank #13384, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
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Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2006 (rank #2869, 5 births); most recent 2009 (rank #4523, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
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Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence