# Peng (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/peng/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 227 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 227 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 9 | 4,454 |
| 1985 | 11 | 3,976 |
| 1986 | 12 | 3,816 |
| 1987 | 17 | 3,042 |
| 1988 | 17 | 3,176 |
| 1989 | 13 | 4,216 |
| 1990 | 18 | 3,425 |
| 1991 | 14 | 4,170 |
| 1992 | 17 | 3,706 |
| 1993 | 9 | 6,097 |
| 1994 | 15 | 4,237 |
| 1995 | 19 | 3,527 |
| 1998 | 6 | 9,332 |
| 2000 | 7 | 8,887 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,853 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |

## People named Peng

- Li Peng, 4th Premier of the People's Republic of China (1928–2019)
- Peng Zhen, Chinese politician (1902-1997)
- Li Xiaopeng, Chinese artistic gymnast (born 1981)
- Peng Zhaoqin, Chinese-Dutch chess player
- Wu Peng, Chinese competition speed climber
- Wu Peng, Chinese swimmer
- Peng Jianfeng, Chinese diver
- Zhou Peng, Chinese basketball player (born 1989)
- Zhao Peng, Chinese footballer
- Sun Peng, Chinese tennis player
- Han Peng, Chinese female association football player
- Wang Peng, Chinese footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.