Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Peng through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 227
- 227 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,555 as a first name in 2020; 12,722 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.
Peng’s family of names
In English usage, Peng as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Vietnamese form Bành. In English usage, Peng as a surname has a related form in P'eng. In English usage, Peng as a surname has a related form in P'eng.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Peng has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Chinese roots to each of them.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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People named Peng
- Li Peng4th Premier of the People's Republic of China (1928–2019)
- Peng ZhenChinese politician (1902-1997)
- Peng ZhaoqinChinese-Dutch chess playerborn 1968
- Tang Pengtable tennis playerborn 1981
- Wu PengChinese speed climberborn 2002
- Wu PengChinese swimmerborn 1987
- Peng JianfengChinese diverborn 1994
- Zhou PengChinese basketball player (born 1989)
- Zhao PengChinese footballerborn 1983
Characters named Peng: Ou Peng (Water Margin character).
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