How Many People Are Named Kiet?
An estimated 334 people in the United States have the first name Kiet. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 29 years old, and Kiet peaked in popularity in 1994 with 19 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kiet as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Kiet paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
334
About 1 in 1,026,211 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
29
years old
Peak Year
1994
19 births
Total Registered
343
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kiet
Kiet is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 343 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Kiet as a male name
Ranked #9,359 in 2019
8 male births in 2019
Peak: 1994 (19 births)
Kiet: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kiet span from the 1980s to the 2010s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 110 babies were registered. While Kiet is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Kiet by Decade
How has Kiet tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Kiet by State
Kiet + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kiet as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kiet
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kiet: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kiet?
We estimate approximately 334 people named Kiet are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,026,211 Americans share this first name.
Is Kiet a common name?
Kiet is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 343 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kiet most popular?
Kiet reached peak popularity in 1994, when 19 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kiet is approximately 29 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kiet a male name?
Kiet is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kiet Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kiet Smith, Kiet Johnson, Kiet Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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