Nhu — girls' name
372 babies named Nhu in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Nhu was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Nhu in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nhu
The Social Security Administration has registered 372 babies named Nhu between 1980 and 2020, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nhu currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nhu performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nhu shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nhu in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nhu 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 372 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.
Nhu at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nhu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1980
- Peak year (2004)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
372 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 19 births in a single year.
Nhu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 123 births that decade — 33% of Nhu's all-time total
Nhu decade highlights
- Peak decade 123 births
- Runner-up 105 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nhu's strongest decade
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Nhu by state
Where Nhu concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 39 | 10.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.3% |
39 of 372 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.5% of nationwide
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1980–2020 (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.