Uyen
- Gender
- Girl
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- Origin
- Vietnamese
Uyen is a girls' name of Vietnamese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Uyen mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese Uyen, written Uyên
Vietnamese girl's name Uyên; the Sino-Vietnamese word can mean a mandarin duck or something deep and profound.
Is Uyen a girl's or a boy's name?
Uyen is a girls' name.
How popular is Uyen in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1981, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Uyen in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Uyen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
Names like Uyen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Uyen
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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, “Uyen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/uyen, updated 20 October 2026.