Phu — boys' name

What the Data Says About Phu

The Social Security Administration has registered 282 babies named Phu between 1980 and 2022, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Phu currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Phu performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Phu shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 52 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Phu in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Phu 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 282 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.