How Many People Are Named Viet?
people named Viet are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 326,442 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,096 babies named Viet in Social Security records from 1975 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
65 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Viet, 1% were girls and 99% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 3.5% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Viet alive today is about 34 years old, and 68% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Viet first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 1982, to 65 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Viet has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,139, in 1982.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,139 (1982) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,554 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Viet alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Viet were born in California than in any other state: about 302 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Viet was given 5.8 times as often in California and 2.3 times in Texas.
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