| Long | Hao | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | dragon | Vast, great (浩) |
| Origin | chinese | Chinese |
| Gender | Boy | Boy |
| Pronunciation | long | HOW |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| First appeared | 1975 | 1976 |
| Peak year | 1988 (133) | 1992 (20) |
| In 2025 | 5 | 6 |
| Trend | Vintage | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Long | Hao |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 69 | 17 |
| 2010s | 187 | 84 |
| 2000s | 306 | 130 |
| 1990s | 470 | 122 |
| 1980s | 731 | 91 |
| 1970s | 146 | 5 |
From Chinese (and Vietnamese) 龙 / 龍 (long, Mandarin tone lóng) 'dragon', a benevolent, imperial, rain-bringing figure. Note: it is a romanization of a tonal syllable, also spelled Lung in Wade-Giles/Cantonese; the same Pinyin 'Long' can represent the unrelated 隆 'prosperous, abundant', so the dragon sense is specific to 龙/龍.
Hao is commonly the character 浩, “vast, grand,” or 昊, “bright sky.”
Hao is more popular than Long today: about 6 US babies were given the name Hao in 2025, compared with 5 named Long.
Long means dragon (chinese origin), while Hao means Vast, great (浩) (Chinese origin).
In US records, Long first appears in 1975 and Hao in 1976, so Long has the longer recorded history.