Hoang
Masculine
Hoang is given to both — 750 boys and 51 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Hoang is a Vietnamese name, recorded here for boys and girls alike, and it is one of the country's commonest family names as well as a given one. The word means yellow, and yellow was not an ordinary color.
How old is the name Hoang?
Hoang first appears in US birth records in 1975 — 50 years ago. The typical Hoang alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 700 people named Hoang are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Hoang most popular?
Hoang peaked in 1982, reaching #1278 nationally. See the whole 1982 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Hoang
In imperial China yellow was the emperor's color, associated with the earth at the center of the five directions, and its use was restricted by law: the robes, the roof tiles of the palace, the imperial seals. Ordinary people wearing it in the wrong context committed an offense. Vietnam, which ran a court on the Chinese model for centuries, observed a version of the same rule, which is why the word for yellow also carries a sense of royal and why it turns up in the names of dynasties and citadels. A color that anybody can see, reserved by statute for one household, is one of the purer examples of how status was made visible.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Vietnamese word means yellow and, by extension, royal. The tone mark that distinguishes it is stripped by American records, and whether a given Hoang is carrying the family name or the given name is not recoverable.
Pronouncing Hoang
HWAHNG
One syllable. Vietnamese marks the vowel with a tone that English cannot write, and the tone is part of the word.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1975
- Most boys named
- 198253 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1278reached in 1982
- Change vs 2017
- −44.4%5 in 2020, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Hoang in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Hoàng in Vietnamese — same name
Hoangs among us
people named Hoang are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Hoang sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- One syllable and five letters: quick to write and easy to learn.
- It is immediately legible to a very large community and genuinely rare outside it.
- It is recorded for boys and for girls, so it does not force a reading on anyone.
- The tone mark that completes the name is stripped by American paperwork.
- English readers will try to give it two syllables, which is the usual correction.
- It is a family name as well as a given one, which anybody Vietnamese will notice.
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Frequently asked
- How many Hoangs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Hoang are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Hoang in 2025?
- Hoang is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Hoang with classmates?
- Hoang will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More H names
The most-given names starting with H, all years combined.
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