Quyen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KWEE-en
- Origin
- Vietnamese
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Quyen is a girls' name of Vietnamese origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Quyen mean?
Vietnamese: Sino-Vietnamese quyen, written with several possible characters
Depending on the Chinese character used, quyen can mean graceful, a small stream or a cuckoo.
Is Quyen a girl's or a boy's name?
Quyen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Quyen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Quyen, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1983, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Quyen in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Quyen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
Names like Quyen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuri, Yumi, Dakota, Kori, Suki, Xuri, Tru, Mika, Rikki, Miyori, Yuna, Namiko
Names related to Quyen
More Vietnamese names
An, Minh, Anh, Vy, Khoi, Khang, Ngoc, Can, Nhi, Nam, Thang, Khoa, Vinh, Phuong, Nguyen, Liem
Sources
Figures from 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, “Quyen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/quyen, updated 20 October 2026.