How rare is the name Viet?

4,026 people in the United States have the first name Viet, about 1 in 75,020. It ranks #4,570 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

VIET

#4,570

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,026
About
1 in 75,020
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,026 people named Viet, 97.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 1% as White and 1% as two or more races. 93.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Viet peaked in 1982, when 65 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752023
Peak year
1982
Births that year
65
In 2023
5 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,096 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Viet by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #3,767. The largest share of babies named Viet, 55.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#6,677141
1980s#3,767436
1990s#6,985246
2000s#10,323194
2010s#20,03574
2020s#39,3255
Generation X 1965–8016%
Millennials 1981–9655.2%
Generation Z 1997–1224.1%
2013 and later4.7%

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.

Exactly as common as Viet

1 other first name also has 4,026 people.

#4,570 Caron · 4,026

Either side of Viet

#4,569 Ash · 4,027#4,570 Caron · 4,026#4,572 Aretha · 4,025#4,572 Taniya · 4,025

Also a last name

As a last name, Viet ranks #73,107 of 156,621, with 286 people. See Viet as a last name

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