Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aung through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 68
- 68 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −81%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,197 as a first name in 2020; 4,484 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aung’s family of names
In Burmese usage, Aung is a Roman-alphabet rendering of အောင်.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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