| Long | Peng | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | dragon | The great roc (鹏) |
| Origin | chinese | Chinese |
| Gender | Boy | Boy |
| Pronunciation | long | PUNG |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| First appeared | 1975 | 1981 |
| Peak year | 1988 (133) | 1995 (19) |
| In 2025 | 5 | 0 |
| Trend | Vintage | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Long | Peng |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 69 | 0 |
| 2010s | 187 | 0 |
| 2000s | 306 | 12 |
| 1990s | 470 | 98 |
| 1980s | 731 | 117 |
| 1970s | 146 | 0 |
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.
Peng is commonly the character 鹏, the giant mythical bird of Chinese legend.
Long is more popular than Peng today: about 5 US babies were given the name Long in 2025, compared with 0 named Peng.
Long means dragon (chinese origin), while Peng means The great roc (鹏) (Chinese origin).
In US records, Long first appears in 1975 and Peng in 1981, so Long has the longer recorded history.