Nguyen*
#6,567 most common boys' name of all time · #16,435 across all names · 80% male / 20% female · used 1975–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#6,567
Rank overall
#16,435 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
599
Since 2016
51
Peak year
1982 #2,589
Best rank
#2,568 1983
Girls
Boys
peak 29/yr
Nguyen first appears in 1975. 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 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,406 |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,270 |
| 2022 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,750 |
| 2021 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,567 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,465 |
| 2019 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,112 |
| 2018 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,950 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,180 |
| 2016 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,081 |
| 2015 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,679 |
| 2014 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,034 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,571 |
| 2012 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #9,101 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,209 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,080 |
| 2009 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,564 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 2006 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #9,913 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,300 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,749 |
| 2003 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #8,134 |
| 2002 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #9,768 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,828 |
| 2000 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,155 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,262 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,041 |
| 1997 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #7,621 |
| 1996 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,759 |
| 1995 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,640 |
| 1994 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #6,663 |
| 1993 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #4,587 |
| 1992 | 11 | 18 | 29 | #3,560 |
| 1991 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #3,941 |
| 1990 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #3,732 |
| 1988 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #3,170 |
| 1987 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,045 |
| 1986 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,240 |
| 1985 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #4,262 |
| 1984 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #3,884 |
| 1983 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,568 |
| 1982 | 10 | 19 | 29 | #2,589 |
| 1981 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #3,023 |
| 1980 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #2,826 |
| 1979 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,345 |
| 1977 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,819 |
| 1976 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,707 |
| 1975 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #4,283 |