Hieu
Hieu or Hiếu is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Hieu (abbess), Irish abbess Bùi Thanh Hiếu, Vietnamese human rights activist Bùi Văn Hiếu, Vietnamese footballer Hieu Van Le, 35th governor of South Australia Lê Bật Hiếu, Vietnamese footballer Hieu Ngoc Ma, birth name of Tony Ma, Vietnamese-American poker player Hieu Minh Ngo, Vietnamese cyber security specialist Hieu Minh…
- Biblical Latin
- Vietnamese
Meaning & Origin of Hieu
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hieu or Hiếu is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Hieu (abbess), Irish abbess Bùi Thanh Hiếu, Vietnamese human rights activist Bùi Văn Hiếu, Vietnamese footballer Hieu Van Le, 35th governor of South Australia Lê Bật Hiếu, Vietnamese footballer Hieu Ngoc Ma, birth name of Tony Ma, Vietnamese-American poker player Hieu Minh Ngo, Vietnamese cyber security specialist Hieu Minh…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical Latin
- Vietnamese
The Story of Hieu
Hieu first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1976, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1984: 38 births, good for #1,581 nationwide. About 35% of every Hieu on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Hieu last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 827 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Hieu
Hieu is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 827 births in the dataset. Hieu's peak popularity came in 1984 when it ranked #1,581. Use the chart and map above to compare Hieu's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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