Recorded 1979–2005 Girls' name Peak 1994 184 births

Duyen — girls' name

184 babies named Duyen in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s61980s601990s822000s36
1990s
Peak decade

45% of everyone ever named Duyen was born in this single decade.

1994
Single peak year

19 babies were named Duyen in 1994 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Duyen

The Social Security Administration has registered 184 babies named Duyen between 1979 and 2005, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Duyen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Duyen performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Duyen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Duyen in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Duyen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 184 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Duyen at a glance

Last recorded 2005

Total births

184

Since 1979

27 years of records

Peak year

1994

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2005

Active since

1979

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2005

Duyen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1979

Last recorded 2005
Peak year (1994)
19
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
05101520 20052000199719941990198719821979 6

Duyen by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
82 births that decade — 45% of Duyen's all-time total
1970s61980s601990s822000s36

Duyen by state

Where Duyen concentrates geographically — total births since 1979

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Duyen
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.7%
#2 Texas
5 2.7%
California share of Duyen's total US births 2.7%
Even split

5 of 184 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Duyen?
184 babies have been named Duyen since 1979. It was last recorded in 2005. The peak year was 1994 with 19 births.
When was Duyen most popular?
Duyen was most popular in the 1990s decade with 82 total births. The single peak year was 1994.
Where is Duyen most popular?
The top states for the name Duyen are California (5 births), Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Duyen been used?
Duyen has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 27 years of data through 2005.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.