How rare is the name Quyen?

5,127 people in the United States have the first name Quyen, about 1 in 58,910. It ranks #3,842 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

QUYEN

#3,842

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,127
About
1 in 58,910
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,127 people named Quyen, 97.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1% as two or more races. 73% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Quyen peaked in 1983, when 30 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19772025
Peak year
1983
Births that year
30
In 2025*
6 ▼80%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 383 babies have been given the name since 1977. 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.

Quyen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #7,445. The largest share of babies named Quyen, 53%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#15,75425
1980s#7,445158
1990s#14,64782
2000s#19,48374
2010s#29,44831
2020s#30,66213
Generation X 1965–809.1%
Millennials 1981–9653%
Generation Z 1997–1230.3%
2013 and later7.6%

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 Quyen

#3,840 Kalvin · 5,130#3,841 Angelika · 5,128#3,843 Jannette · 5,126#3,844 Ria · 5,123

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Quyen, most common first.

#2,990 Queen · 7,504#30,462 Quynn · 286#37,938 Quen · 204

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