NameTides

Nguyen

Nguyen was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Nguyen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Nguyen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Nguyen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#12,008 (5)#5,137 (3)—
2024#10,938 (6)——
2022#12,330 (5)——
2021#12,146 (5)——
2020#12,022 (5)#3,848 (4)—
2019#10,803 (6)——
2018#9,670 (7)——
2017#10,775 (6)——
2016#10,744 (6)——
2015#7,491 (10)#4,747 (3)—
2014#10,717 (6)——
2013#12,136 (5)——
2012#8,864 (8)#4,805 (3)—
2011#10,808 (6)——
2010#8,803 (8)——

Nguyen as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Nguyen as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020
Nguyen as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2014——#2,905 (6)
2013——#2,595 (7)
2012#16,869 (5)—#2,921 (6)
2009——#2,007 (10)
2006#17,168 (5)—#2,319 (7)
2005—#4,798 (3)—
2003#13,844 (6)—#1,734 (9)
2002#11,108 (8)——
2001——#2,032 (7)
2000——#1,781 (8)
1999——#2,001 (7)
1998——#1,562 (10)
1997#13,724 (5)—#2,460 (5)
1996——#2,562 (5)
1995——#1,831 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1983 at #2,493.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.
  • In 2012, 39% of US babies named Nguyen were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 330,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 330,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NguyenCanadaGirls—too few
NguyenCanadaBoys—too few
NguyenEngland & WalesGirls—too few
NguyenEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
NguyenUSGirls—too few
NguyenUSBoys#12,0085