Vu
Last seen for boys in 2018 at #10,760
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 60 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 770since 1975
Vu over time
Rank among boys' names. Vu has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | |
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| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
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| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #3,105 | 21 |
| 1991 | #1,983 | 38 |
| 1990 | #2,128 | 34 |
| 1989 | #2,690 | 23 |
| 1988 | #1,514 | 49 |
| 1987 | #1,655 | 41 |
| 1986 | #1,588 | 41 |
| 1985 | #1,569 | 41 |
| 1984 | #1,280 | 52 |
| 1983 | #1,399 | 45 |
| 1982 | #1,193 | 60 |
| 1981 | #1,500 | 41 |
| 1980 | #1,852 | 30 |
| 1979 | #2,048 | 25 |
| 1978 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Vu! It came in at #3,428, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Vu is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#895 · 1 in 16,740
- Texas#959 · 1 in 17,217
Best ever in a state: #468 in Louisiana, 1987.
Show every state
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| California | #895 | 12 | 1 in 16,740 |
| Texas | #959 | 8 | 1 in 17,217 |
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See more about Vu
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1982 at #1,193 (60 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 30,241 boys born in 1982 were named Vu (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 302,693 boys born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 54.9% of all boys named Vu (423) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 71 | #2,048 (1979) | #3,217 |
| 1980s | 423 | #1,193 (1982) | #1,624 |
| 1990s | 182 | #1,983 (1991) | #4,416 |
| 2000s | 67 | #4,573 (2000) | #9,674 |
| 2010s | 27 | #8,130 (2014) | #10,222 |
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.
Vu in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 43,687 of them was named Vu, which outranked 79.4% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,479Sunil42
- #1,479Ulises42
- #1,479Vikram42
- #1,500Vu41
- #1,500Bradlee41
- #1,500Christoher41
- #1,500Constantine41
- #1,520Ankur40
- #1,520Byran40
- #1,520Ceasar40
Tied with 19 names at #1,500; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.