Hiep — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hiep

The Social Security Administration has registered 120 babies named Hiep between 1980 and 2002, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hiep currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hiep performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Hiep shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hiep in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hiep 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 120 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.