How rare is the name Hieu?

6,105 people in the United States have the first name Hieu, about 1 in 49,473. It ranks #3,421 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HIEU

#3,421

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,105
About
1 in 49,473
This common or more
82.3%
Who bears it

Of the 6,105 people named Hieu, 97.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.1% as two or more races. 80% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hieu peaked in 1984, when 47 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19762025
Peak year
1984
Births that year
47
In 2025*
9 ▼81%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 864 babies have been given the name since 1976. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Hieu by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,682. The largest share of babies named Hieu, 56.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#18,25816
1980s#4,682314
1990s#6,837253
2000s#12,128155
2010s#17,66592
2020s#21,87134
Generation X 1965–803.4%
Millennials 1981–9656.5%
Generation Z 1997–1229.5%
2013 and later10.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Hieu

#3,419 Digna · 6,108#3,420 Shan · 6,106#3,422 Jedidiah · 6,100#3,423 Valorie · 6,092

Spelled almost the same

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

#29,961 Hiu · 293

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