Vu — boys' name

What the Data Says About Vu

The Social Security Administration has registered 770 babies named Vu between 1975 and 2018, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vu currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vu performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 423 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Vu shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 160 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Vu in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vu 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 770 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.