Nguyen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NWIN
- Origin
- Vietnamese
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Nguyen is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Nguyen mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese surname used as a given name
Nguyen is the most common Vietnamese surname, borne by around four in ten Vietnamese and by the last imperial dynasty.
Is Nguyen a girl's or a boy's name?
Nguyen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nguyen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Nguyen, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 4 boys.
2025 had more boys named Nguyen than any year since 2020.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Nguyen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Nguyen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Nguyen, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Nguyen in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nguyen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
Names like Nguyen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Minh, Yug, Shko, Loki, Tai, Yoan, Rumi, Kairo, Yitzchok, Guto, Dakota, Mika
More Vietnamese names
An, Anh, Vy, Khoi, Khang, Ngoc, Can, Nhi, Nam, Thang, Khoa, Vinh, Phuong, Liem, Duy, Le
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nguyen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nguyen, updated 20 October 2026.