Fang
Origin
Chinese
Syllables
1
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
fragrant (芳)
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Fang has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
64 people · the #56,233 first name in Brazil · median age 40
Among people named Fang living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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