How rare is the name Hien?

8,822 people in the United States have the first name Hien, about 1 in 34,236. It ranks #2,666 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HIEN

#2,666

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,822
About
1 in 34,236
This common or more
80.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,822 people named Hien, 98.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander. 54% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hien peaked in 1984, when 44 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19762016
Peak year
1984
Births that year
44
In 2016
7 ▼84%
Recorded as
used for both

At least 632 babies have been given the name since 1976. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Hien by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #5,057. The largest share of babies named Hien, 68.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#14,75730
1980s#5,057281
1990s#7,706215
2000s#17,51489
2010s#35,46317
Generation X 1965–807.6%
Millennials 1981–9668.7%
Generation Z 1997–1222.6%
2013 and later1.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Hien

#2,664 Kamden · 8,831#2,665 Gisselle · 8,830#2,667 Yen · 8,818#2,668 Ivana · 8,816

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hien, most common first.

#27,176 Hin · 338

Also a last name

As a last name, Hien ranks #79,808 of 156,621, with 257 people. See Hien as a last name

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