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

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Peak · boys
#1,133
1982 · 65 births
Debut · boys
1975
23 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,085
since 1975

Viet over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Viet has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #1,133, 1982boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2023—#12,2395
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2018—#8,8198
2017—#12,2465
2016—#10,7446
2015—#8,7448
2014—#9,6427
2013—#6,24113
2012—#9,7097
2011—#9,6007
2010—#6,35913
2009—#6,09514
2008—#5,06718
2007—#4,64020
2006—#5,07217
2005—#4,06222
2004—#4,60218
2003—#3,52825
2002—#3,90921
2001—#4,12119
2000—#3,92220
1999—#5,31712
1998—#4,41315
1997—#4,05916
1996—#2,91125
1995—#2,92324
1994—#2,25935
1993—#2,45530
1992—#2,46729
1991—#1,86742
1990—#3,30918
1989—#2,15432
1988—#2,03531
1987—#1,58744
1986—#1,56542
1985—#1,76434
1984—#1,42245
1983—#1,22256
1982—#1,13365
1981#9,1106#1,37347
1980—#1,69534
1979—#1,83330
1978—#1,76030
1977—#2,55617
1976—#1,50236
1975#9,0675#2,00123
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First appearance
1975

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.

Where Viet is popular in 1994

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,349 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 26,685 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Viet, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,349 · 1 in 26,685

Best ever in a state: #306 in Kansas, 1982.

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See more about Viet
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1975
  • Peaked 1982 at #1,133 (65 births)
  • Births halved by 1988, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 27,915
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 39.6% of all boys named Viet (430) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s136#1,502 (1976)#1,930
1980s430#1,133 (1982)#1,595
1990s246#1,867 (1991)#3,198
2000s194#3,528 (2003)#4,502
2010s74#6,241 (2013)#9,123
2020s5#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 1994

boys
#2,259
35 births · 1 in 55,201 boys

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #2,259Viet35
More about 1994

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 55,201 of them was named Viet, which outranked 78.0% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Viet
  1. #2,219Teron36
  2. #2,219Tobin36
  3. #2,219Tristian36
  4. #2,259Viet35
  5. #2,259Ace35
  6. #2,259Aharon35
  7. #2,259Chadrick35
  8. #2,307Abrahan34
  9. #2,307Ashanti34
  10. #2,307Avinash34

Tied with 47 names at #2,259; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,574Tyrin#2,509 → #935
  2. ↑ 714River#1,638 → #924
  3. ↑ 472Bryton#1,460 → #988
  4. ↑ 463Kahlil#1,444 → #981
  5. ↑ 446Jayden#1,295 → #849
Fallers
  1. ↓ 551Garth#965 → #1,516
  2. ↓ 364Jordy#828 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 342Montel#889 → #1,231
  4. ↓ 289Darrel#889 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 245Deante#859 → #1,104

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1994 →