How rare is the name Tu?

6,480 people in the United States have the first name Tu, about 1 in 46,610. It ranks #3,296 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TU

#3,296

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,480
About
1 in 46,610
This common or more
82.1%
Who bears it

Of the 6,480 people named Tu, 96.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.5% as White. 58.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tu peaked in 1984, when 32 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19782018
Peak year
1984
Births that year
32
In 2018
5 ▼84%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 427 babies have been given the name since 1978. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Tu by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #5,880. The largest share of babies named Tu, 75.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#15,75425
1980s#5,880225
1990s#11,021128
2000s#26,54738
2010s#39,70011
Generation X 1965–809.1%
Millennials 1981–9675.9%
Generation Z 1997–1213.8%
2013 and later1.2%

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 Tu

#3,294 Dannie · 6,482#3,295 Shonda · 6,481#3,297 Leonidas · 6,476#3,298 Zac · 6,471

Spelled almost the same

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

#19,256 Tue · 552#27,176 Tuy · 338#30,742 Tui · 282#39,261 Tua · 193#41,689 Tuo · 175#45,502 Tuu · 149

Also a last name

As a last name, Tu ranks #3,298 of 156,621, with 10,693 people. See Tu as a last name

Compare