Thien
Boy · TYEN · Vietnamese
Thien is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “heaven; also goodness”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Thien mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese Thiên or Thiện, written without accents
“heaven; also goodness”
Written Thiên it means heaven or sky; written Thiện it means good or virtuous.
- Say it
- TYEN
Is Thien a girl's or a boy's name?
Thien is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thien in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Thien, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had fewer boys named Thien than any year since 1978.
Half of all the boys named Thien in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thien in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 35 | #3,219 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,311 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,042 |
| 1995 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 27 | #2,410 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
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