How rare is the name Vu?

5,944 people in the United States have the first name Vu, about 1 in 50,813. It ranks #3,488 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

VU

#3,488

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,944
About
1 in 50,813
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,944 people named Vu, 97.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.1% as two or more races. 95% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Vu peaked in 1982, when 60 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752018
Peak year
1982
Births that year
60
In 2018
6 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 770 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Vu by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #3,833. The largest share of babies named Vu, 71.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#10,04971
1980s#3,833423
1990s#8,632182
2000s#20,54467
2010s#30,91227
Generation X 1965–8013.1%
Millennials 1981–9671.4%
Generation Z 1997–1213.5%
2013 and later1.9%

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 Vu

#3,486 Barton · 5,950#3,487 Leola · 5,946#3,489 Amiya · 5,943#3,490 Clementine · 5,942

Spelled almost the same

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

#19,735 Vui · 532#20,789 Vue · 494

Also a last name

As a last name, Vu ranks #773 of 156,621, with 43,790 people. See Vu as a last name

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