Given name & surname
Phong
“of the wind”
Phong is used as a given name and a surname. One Vietnamese interpretation is “of the wind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “of the wind.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Vietnamese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Phong through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,016
- 1,011 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 54 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,405 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −39%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,405 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 51 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,276 as a first name in 2020; 842 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.
Phong’s family of names
Phong may belong to the same name family as PHHONG. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Phong
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Phong, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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98% boys · 2% girls
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Vuong
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>99% boys
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“a hero”
>99% boys
Luong
“from the bamboo land”
>99% boys