Hieu
- Last seen for girls in 1988 at #10,386
- #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Given to boys 96.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1984 · 38 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 836since 1976
Hieu over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Hieu has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,485 | 16 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,433 | 16 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,554 | 16 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,303 | 16 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,875 | 13 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,520 | 11 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,114 | 20 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,974 | 20 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,066 | 19 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,279 | 24 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,873 | 13 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,680 | 29 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,549 | 19 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,191 | 21 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,444 | 31 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,295 | 33 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,046 | 38 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,606 | 26 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,166 | 19 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,106 | 33 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #1,989 | 32 |
| 1987 | — | #1,938 | 32 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,007 | 29 | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #1,672 | 37 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #1,581 | 38 |
| 1983 | — | #1,822 | 30 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #2,207 | 23 |
| 1981 | — | #2,496 | 19 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
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| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1976
The first year at least five boys were named Hieu! It came in at #5,587, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1978, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Hieu is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Hieu in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Hieu
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,695 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #8,243)
- 1,311 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #8,243)
- 752 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #8,243)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 1984 at #1,581 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 47,496
- Highest: 1 in 47,496 boys born in 1984 were named Hieu (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 34.2% of all boys named Hieu (286) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16 | #3,569 (1979) | #4,578 |
| 1980s | 286 | #1,581 (1984) | #2,107 |
| 1990s | 253 | #2,046 (1992) | #3,013 |
| 2000s | 155 | #3,974 (2001) | #5,338 |
| 2010s | 92 | #5,433 (2011) | #7,920 |
| 2020s | 34 | #8,243 (2025) | #10,138 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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