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Image 1 — [OC] the 25 most common Asian-American first names from the 2020 US census (female & male)
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[OC] the 25 most common Asian-American first names from the 2020 US census (female & male)

Jennifer is the most common first name among Asian-American women; Hong and Phuong are the only in the top 25 that are Asian-majority.

Among men, Kevin stands out as over-represented, while Mohammad and Muhammad are the only Asian-majority names in the top 25.

Blog post with interactive versions, more charts, full sortable table, and links to other racial groups from 2020 Census: https://nameplay.org/blog/asian-nhpi-american-names

u/aar0nbecker — 1 day ago
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Among the top 25 Asian-American female names in the 2020 US census, only Hong and Phuong are majority-Asian

Jennifer is the most common Asian-American female name overall, while Jenny and Grace are the white-majority names with the strongest Asian representation.

article w/ searchable table: https://nameplay.org/blog/asian-nhpi-american-names

full disclosure: I made the linked site. It has no ads or trackers.

u/aar0nbecker — 1 day ago
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the 25 most common Asian-American names from the 2020 US census (female & male)

Jennifer is the most common first name among Asian-American women; Hong and Phuong are the only in the top 25 that are Asian-majority.

Among men, David and Kevin stand out as over-represented, while Mohammad and Muhammad are the only Asian-majority names in the top 25.

Blog post with interactive versions, more charts, full sortable table, and links to other racial groups from 2020 Census: https://nameplay.org/blog/asian-nhpi-american-names

u/aar0nbecker — 1 day ago
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there are 2,600 Latrina's out there and most are about 50

"latrine" is an obscure English word but not one you want to be close to

u/aar0nbecker — 3 days ago
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the most common and concentrated Asian American names from the 2020 Census

In April 2026 the Census Bureau released first-name-by-race tabulations for the first time. It's not granular-- all Asian-Americans, immigrant and US-born, fall into the same bucket. That's how you can have over 2K names that are 90+% Asian, yet the most common name among Asian-Americans is John.

On the female side, Jenny and Grace are the two white-majority names with the most Asian-American bearers, while Hong is the most common Asian-majority female name. Lots and lots of stats here if that's your thing.

full disclosure: I made the linked site; it has no ads or trackers. I am not entirely comfortable with the racial demographics of every American first name having been made public by the current administration, but the data is really interesting.

nameplay.org
u/aar0nbecker — 3 days ago
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most common multiracial names in the 2020 US Census: Kai takes #1

do any of the other top multiracial names ring Hapa to you? if you look through the table there's very strong Hawaiian and Japanese representation (Nanea and Taiyo are the most multiracial names in the entire 2020 US Census).

full disclosure: I made the linked website; it has no ads or trackers.

nameplay.org
u/aar0nbecker — 3 days ago
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the most common and concentrated Black first names from the 2020 US census

the US census bureau released first-name-by-race tabulations for the first time in April 2026. While the most concentrated names in the Black community are distinctive, like Latoya and Jermaine, the most common names among living Black Americans are James, Michael, Robert, and John-- just a reshuffling of White Americans' top names (Michael, John, James, Robert).

u/aar0nbecker — 3 days ago
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the most concentrated and common Black first names from the 2020 US census [OC]

the US census bureau released first-name-by-race tabulations for the first time in April 2026. While the most concentrated names in the Black community are distinctive, like Latoya and Jermaine, the most common names among living Black Americans are James, Michael, Robert, and John-- just a reshuffling of White Americans' top names (Michael, John, James, Robert).

nameplay.org
u/QueeLinx — 4 days ago