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Viet

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Viet is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
198265 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1975
1,085people given the name
Babies named Viet, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,085 boys have been named Viet in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 65 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 65 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1980s alone account for 40%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Viet
1970s136
1980s430
1990s246
2000s194
2010s74
2020s5

In 1982, its biggest year

Viet was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1982 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jason and David. See all of 1982.

Names that rose and fell with Viet

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.