How rare is the name Nguyen?

6,887 people in the United States have the first name Nguyen, about 1 in 43,855. It ranks #3,164 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NGUYEN

#3,164

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,887
About
1 in 43,855
This common or more
81.8%
Who bears it

Of the 6,887 people named Nguyen, 96.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.2% as White. 61% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nguyen peaked in 1982, when 29 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
1982
Births that year
29
In 2025*
5 ▼83%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 599 babies have been given the name since 1975. 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.

Nguyen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #6,857. The largest share of babies named Nguyen, 49.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#12,66444
1980s#6,857178
1990s#8,939173
2000s#15,819105
2010s#20,17773
2020s#24,43526
Generation X 1965–8011%
Millennials 1981–9649.6%
Generation Z 1997–1227.4%
2013 and later12%

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 Nguyen

#3,162 Monserrat · 6,888#3,162 Shanda · 6,888#3,165 Evelia · 6,884#3,166 Miller · 6,879

Also a last name

As a last name, Nguyen ranks #29 of 156,621, with 531,404 people. See Nguyen as a last name

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