Unisex name · since 1977
Quyen
341 babies named Quyen in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,863 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,588 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 341
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Quyen currently ranks #13588 among unisex names in America, with 341 babies recorded since 1977.
Social Security Administration records show Quyen recorded 341 times among girls since 1977, holding rank #13588 nationally today, ahead of 21% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #14,863 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,588 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 341 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quyen ranks #14,863 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,588 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 341 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,863 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,588 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 341
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Quyen's 341 recorded births place it above 79.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Quyen compares
341 48th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Quyen's all-time total is 9% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Quyen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 341 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Quyen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Quyen splits its recorded history at 1996: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Quyen popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (1983)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Quyen popularity over time - boys
42 total births recorded since 1981 (Quyen as boys' name)
Quyen by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (127 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Quyen's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Quyen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
127 births
- 1990s
1990s
77 births
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s 31
2010s
31 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 127 births (37% of all-time use).
Quyen by state
Where Quyen concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 47 | 13.8% |
47 of 341 births nationwide.
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What to do with Quyen's data
- Quyen's decade-level peak was the 1980s (127 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Quyens (47 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Quyen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~48 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Quyen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.