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 1984
Top boys' names in 1984
More about 1984
boys
1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 40,108 of them was named Viet, which outranked 80.6% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,399Shlomo46
- #1,399Sunny46
- #1,399Yehuda46
- #1,422Viet45
- #1,422Alessandro45
- #1,422Antonia45
- #1,422Basil45
- #1,444Abdullah44
- #1,444Anders44
- #1,444Brandyn44
Tied with 21 names at #1,422; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.