Hieu
#5,249 most common boys' name of all time · #13,050 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1976–2025
Rank among boys
#5,249
Rank overall
#13,050 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
864
Since 2016
61
Peak year
1984 #1,605
Best rank
#1,605 1984
Girls
Boys
peak 47/yr
Hieu first appears in 1976. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,447 |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,289 |
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,697 |
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,005 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,857 |
| 2018 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,380 |
| 2017 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,375 |
| 2016 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,353 |
| 2015 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,690 |
| 2014 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,583 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,604 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,400 |
| 2011 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,527 |
| 2010 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,367 |
| 2009 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 2008 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,610 |
| 2007 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,291 |
| 2006 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,396 |
| 2005 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,047 |
| 2004 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,703 |
| 2003 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,204 |
| 2002 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,554 |
| 2001 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,052 |
| 2000 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,150 |
| 1999 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,351 |
| 1998 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1997 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,728 |
| 1996 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,637 |
| 1995 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,275 |
| 1994 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,492 |
| 1993 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,332 |
| 1992 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,078 |
| 1991 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,676 |
| 1990 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,282 |
| 1989 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,151 |
| 1988 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #2,032 |
| 1987 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,971 |
| 1986 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1985 | 8 | 37 | 45 | #1,695 |
| 1984 | 9 | 38 | 47 | #1,605 |
| 1983 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,861 |
| 1982 | 5 | 23 | 28 | #2,265 |
| 1981 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,416 |
| 1979 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,798 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,346 |