Viet
Last seen for girls in 1981 at #9,110 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to boys 99.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 65 births
- Debut · boys
- 23 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,085since 1975
Viet over time
Rank among boys' names. Viet has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,241 | 13 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,359 | 13 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,095 | 14 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,067 | 18 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,640 | 20 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,072 | 17 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,062 | 22 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,602 | 18 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,528 | 25 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,909 | 21 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,121 | 19 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,922 | 20 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,317 | 12 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,413 | 15 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,059 | 16 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,911 | 25 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,923 | 24 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,259 | 35 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,455 | 30 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,467 | 29 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,867 | 42 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,309 | 18 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,154 | 32 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,035 | 31 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,587 | 44 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,565 | 42 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,764 | 34 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,422 | 45 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,222 | 56 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,133 | 65 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #1,373 | 47 |
| 1980 | — | #1,695 | 34 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,833 | 30 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,760 | 30 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,502 | 36 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #2,001 | 23 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Viet! It came in at #2,001, and was given to 23 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2019–2025, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Viet
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1982 at #1,133 (65 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 27,915 boys born in 1982 were named Viet (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 39.6% of all boys named Viet (430) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 136 | #1,502 (1976) | #1,930 |
| 1980s | 430 | #1,133 (1982) | #1,595 |
| 1990s | 246 | #1,867 (1991) | #3,198 |
| 2000s | 194 | #3,528 (2003) | #4,502 |
| 2010s | 74 | #6,241 (2013) | #9,123 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,239 (2023) | #12,239 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Viet in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 278,010 of them was named Viet, which outranked 25.3% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,128Zenovia7
- #8,128Zephyr7
- #8,128Zora7
- #9,110Viet6
- #9,110Aaisha6
- #9,110Abbra6
- #9,110Abel6
- #10,411Abegail5
- #10,411Abigal5
- #10,411Abiola5
Tied with 1,300 names at #9,110; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 38,110 of them was named Viet, which outranked 81.2% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,362Rasheen48
- #1,362Toney48
- #1,362Travon48
- #1,373Viet47
- #1,373Akil47
- #1,373Amin47
- #1,373Antuan47
- #1,396Arnaldo46
- #1,396Charlton46
- #1,396Dashawn46
Tied with 22 names at #1,373; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.