Hieu
Boy · HYOO · Vietnamese
Hieu is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “filial piety”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Hieu mean?
Vietnamese: Sino-Vietnamese hieu
“filial piety”
From Sino-Vietnamese hieu, the Confucian virtue of devotion and respect towards one's parents.
- Say it
- HYOO
Is Hieu a girl's or a boy's name?
Hieu is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hieu in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Hieu, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Hieu than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Hieu in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 369 boys in the US were given Hieu or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #679, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
- Hugh 360
- Hieu 9
Hieu in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,290 |
| 1992 | 38 | #2,041 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1987 | 32 | #1,934 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,005 |
| 1985 | 37 | #1,671 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,580 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,821 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Hieu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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