Recorded 1977–2019 Girls' name Peak 1981 397 births

Uyen — girls' name

397 babies named Uyen in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s231980s1751990s962000s582010s45
1980s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Uyen was born in this single decade.

1981
Single peak year

27 babies were named Uyen in 1981 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Uyen

The Social Security Administration has registered 397 babies named Uyen between 1977 and 2019, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Uyen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Uyen performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 175 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Uyen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 72 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Uyen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Uyen 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 397 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.

Uyen at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

397

Since 1977

43 years of records

Peak year

1981

27 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1977

Recorded for 43 years

Last year on file: 2019

Uyen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1977

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1981)
27
Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
051015202530 201920112004199919941989198419791977 10

Uyen by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
175 births that decade — 44% of Uyen's all-time total
1970s231980s1751990s962000s582010s45

Uyen by state

Where Uyen concentrates geographically — total births since 1977

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Uyen
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
72 18.1%
California share of Uyen's total US births 18.1%

72 of 397 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Uyen?
397 babies have been named Uyen since 1977. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1981 with 27 births.
When was Uyen most popular?
Uyen was most popular in the 1980s decade with 175 total births. The single peak year was 1981.
Where is Uyen most popular?
The top states for the name Uyen are California (72 births).
How long has the name Uyen been used?
Uyen has been recorded in Social Security data since 1977, spanning 43 years of data through 2019.

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, 1977–2019 (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.