Recorded 1980–1999 Boys' name Peak 1991 272 births

Fue — boys' name

272 babies named Fue in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s1421990s130
1980s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Fue was born in this single decade.

1991
Single peak year

22 babies were named Fue in 1991 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Fue

The Social Security Administration has registered 272 babies named Fue between 1980 and 1999, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fue currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fue performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Fue shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 88 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Fue in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fue 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 272 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.

Fue at a glance

Last recorded 1999

Total births

272

Since 1980

20 years of records

Peak year

1991

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1999

Active since

1980

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 1999

Fue popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1980

Last recorded 1999
Peak year (1991)
22
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
0510152025 19991996199319901987198419811980 10

Fue by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
142 births that decade — 52% of Fue's all-time total
1980s1421990s130

Fue by state

Where Fue concentrates geographically — total births since 1980

Regionally concentrated
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Fue
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
88 32.4%
#2 Minnesota
26 9.6%
#3 Wisconsin
23 8.5%
California share of Fue's total US births 32.4%
Even split

88 of 272 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Fue?
272 babies have been named Fue since 1980. It was last recorded in 1999. The peak year was 1991 with 22 births.
When was Fue most popular?
Fue was most popular in the 1980s decade with 142 total births. The single peak year was 1991.
Where is Fue most popular?
The top states for the name Fue are California (88 births), Minnesota (26 births), Wisconsin (23 births).
How long has the name Fue been used?
Fue has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 20 years of data through 1999.

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, 1980–1999 (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.