Hien
- Last seen for girls in 2010 at #16,992
- Last seen for boys in 2016 at #9,664
- Given to girls 51.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 30 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 327since 1976
Hien over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
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| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | — | |
| 2002 | — | #5,725 | 12 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | #5,317 | 12 | |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | #2,504 | 20 |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #4,842 | 7 |
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| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1976
The first year at least five girls were named Hien! It came in at #8,156, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1978, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Hien is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Hien in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Hien
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 1984 at #2,915 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 56,127
- Highest: 1 in 56,127 girls born in 1984 were named Hien (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 355,519 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 48.6% of all girls named Hien (159) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2011
- Mostly girls until 2010, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 23 | #5,751 (1979) | #7,450 |
| 1980s | 159 | #2,915 (1984) | #5,023 |
| 1990s | 112 | #5,399 (1991) | #7,144 |
| 2000s | 28 | #9,671 (2003) | #12,773 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,992 (2010) | #16,992 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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