Kiet
- Last seen for boys in 2019 at #8,889
- Peak · boys
- 1981 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 343since 1980
Kiet over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kiet has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #5,007 | 16 |
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| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #3,469 | 19 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
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First appearance
1980
The first year at least five boys were named Kiet! It came in at #4,134, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2003, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kiet is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kiet in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 1981 at #3,221 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 1 yr 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 101,686
- Highest: 1 in 101,686 boys born in 1994 were named Kiet (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 224,277 boys born in 2019 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,221 in 1981, was only 1 in 137,783 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 32.1% of all boys named Kiet (110) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 96 | #3,221 (1981) | #4,423 |
| 1990s | 110 | #3,309 (1990) | #5,615 |
| 2000s | 84 | #5,007 (2004) | #7,877 |
| 2010s | 53 | #8,789 (2013) | #10,337 |
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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