Trung
Masculine
Trung is a Vietnamese name, and the two people most associated with it in Vietnam are sisters who raised an army against Chinese rule two thousand years ago and are commemorated across the country to this day.
How old is the name Trung?
Trung first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Trung alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 700 people named Trung are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Trung most popular?
Trung peaked in 1981, reaching #1411 nationally. See the whole 1981 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Trung
The Trưng sisters led a rising against the Han administration in the first century, took a substantial number of citadels, ruled for about three years and were defeated. Vietnamese historiography has kept them at the center of the national story ever since: they appear in the earliest chronicles, there are temples to them, streets in every city carry their name, and their anniversary is marked. What makes them unusual is not only the rebellion but the record of who followed them, which includes a number of other women named as commanders. They are the first named figures in Vietnamese history, and they lost.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Vietnamese word is written with a tone mark that American records strip, and more than one word collapses into these letters once it is gone. The commonest reading is loyalty or faithfulness.
Pronouncing Trung
CHOONG
One syllable. The tr in Vietnamese is closer to an English ch than to a tr, 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
- 1976
- Most boys named
- 198145 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1411reached in 1981
- Change vs 2012
- −16.7%5 in 2014, from 6
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.
Trung in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Trung in Vietnamese — same name
Trungs among us
people named Trung 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
Trung 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 carries a documented history that a child can go and read about.
- The tone mark that completes the name is stripped by American paperwork.
- English readers will say TRUNG with an English tr, which is not the sound.
- Outside Vietnamese communities it will need explaining, and it will need the same sentence for life.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Trung to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Trung? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Trung
Masculine
Frequently asked
- How many Trungs 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 Trung are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Trung in 2025?
- Trung is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Trung with classmates?
- Trung will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More T names
The most-given names starting with T, all years combined.
Thomas#34 · Timothy#203 · Tyler#219 · Terry#1115 · Theodore#4 · Travis#434 · Todd#1609 · Tony#783
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Trung? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Trung and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle