How Many People Are Named Nguyen?
people named Nguyen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 591,323 people in the US has this name
Based on 599 babies named Nguyen in Social Security records from 1975 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
29 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Sino-Vietnamese 元 (nguyên) meaning "original, first".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Nguyen, 19.7% were girls and 80.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 21.3% of the babies were girls then and 18.1% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nguyen alive today is about 30 years old, and 58% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 21 and 40 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nguyen first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 1982, to 29 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nguyen has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,547, in 1983. In 2025 it ranked #13,325. Among girls, its best rank was #6,701, in 1982.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,325 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,547 (1983) | #6,701 (1982) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,311 in the 1980s | #12,680 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nguyen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nguyen were born in California than in any other state: about 58 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nguyen was given about 6.6 times as often in California.
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