Viet — boys' name

What the Data Says About Viet

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,085 babies named Viet between 1975 and 2023, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Viet currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 65 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Viet performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 430 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Viet shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 317 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Kansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Viet in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Viet 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 1,085 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.