Kang Popularity by Year
Follow Kang across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Kang birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Boys | 5 | #12,274 | Down 802 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 5 | #11,472 | Down 3,263 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 7 | #8,209 | Up 659 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 1,446 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 5 | #13,386 | Up 44 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 5 | #13,430 | Down 1,650 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 6 | #11,780 | Down 2,289 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 6 | #7,422 | Up 695 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 8 | #9,491 | Down 1,504 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 10 | #7,987 | Down 2,442 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 5 | #8,117 | Down 1,879 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 15 | #5,545 | Up 2,146 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 9 | #7,691 | Up 2,986 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 5 | #10,677 | Down 6,568 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 5 | #6,238 | Down 770 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 18 | #4,109 | Up 2,262 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 10 | #6,371 | Up 1,038 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 6 | #5,468 | — |
| 1981 | Girls | 8 | #7,409 | Down 620 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 9 | #6,789 | — |