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Popularity of the baby name Ngoc


Posts that mention the name Ngoc

Popular baby names in England and Wales (UK), 2024

Flag of the United Kingdom
Flag of the United Kingdom

Last year, the countries of England and Wales together welcomed 594,677 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Olivia and Muhammad.

Here are England and Wales’ top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Olivia, 2,761 baby girls
  2. Amelia, 2,448
  3. Lily, 2,185
  4. Isla, 2,056
  5. Ivy, 1,956
  6. Florence, 1,936
  7. Freya, 1,929
  8. Poppy, 1,888
  9. Ava, 1,774
  10. Elsie, 1,727
  11. Isabella, 1,708
  12. Sofia, 1,626
  13. Sophia, 1,610
  14. Mia, 1,609
  15. Maya, 1,592
  16. Bonnie, 1,583
  17. Phoebe, 1,549
  18. Daisy, 1,548
  19. Sienna, 1,537
  20. Evelyn, 1,512
  21. Willow, 1,481
  22. Harper, 1,461
  23. Charlotte, 1,418
  24. Rosie, 1,406
  25. Grace, 1,390
  26. Maeve, 1,265
  27. Millie, 1,255
  28. Margot, 1,243
  29. Evie, 1,231
  30. Arabella, 1,222
  31. Matilda, 1,220
  32. Hallie, 1,218
  33. Delilah, 1,180
  34. Emily, 1,170
  35. Aria, 1,154
  36. Penelope, 1,133
  37. Mabel, 1,113
  38. Lottie, 1,109
  39. Ella, 1,108
  40. Ada, 1,049
  41. Ruby, 1,020
  42. Violet, 1,010
  43. Aurora, 1,002
  44. Maisie, 992
  45. Emilia, 961
  46. Mila, 953
  47. Ayla, 922
  48. Luna, 908
  49. Alice, 896
  50. Sophie, 886

Boy names

  1. Muhammad, 5,721 baby boys
  2. Noah, 4,139
  3. Oliver, 3,492
  4. Arthur, 3,368
  5. Leo, 3,324
  6. George, 3,257
  7. Luca, 2,814
  8. Theodore, 2,761
  9. Oscar, 2,747
  10. Archie, 2,575
  11. Jude, 2,540
  12. Theo, 2,387
  13. Freddie, 2,369
  14. Henry, 2,360
  15. Arlo, 2,220
  16. Alfie, 2,020
  17. Charlie, 1,956
  18. Finley, 1,886
  19. Albie, 1,820
  20. Harry, 1,765
  21. Mohammed, 1,760
  22. Jack, 1,711
  23. Elijah, 1,661
  24. Rory, 1,588
  25. Lucas, 1,550
  26. Thomas, 1,543
  27. William, 1,517
  28. Louie, 1,516
  29. Teddy, 1,506
  30. Jacob, 1,484
  31. Edward, 1,461
  32. Roman, 1,454
  33. Reuben, 1,442
  34. Oakley, 1,432
  35. Adam, 1,410
  36. Alexander, 1,365
  37. Isaac, 1,360
  38. Ezra, 1,339
  39. Tommy, 1,324
  40. James, 1,252
  41. Rowan, 1,246
  42. Hudson, 1,216
  43. Reggie, 1,194
  44. Max, 1,140
  45. Sebastian, 1,116
  46. Hugo, 1,094
  47. Louis, 1,092
  48. Ethan, 1,086
  49. Ronnie, 1,059
  50. Joshua, 1,027

In the girls’ top 10, Poppy and Elsie replaced Willow and Isabella.

In the boys’ top 10, Archie replaced Henry.

At the other end of the spectrum I spotted Bryher (given to 5 baby girls), no doubt inspired by Bryher Island, located off the coast of Cornwall.

And, speaking of rare names, here’s a selection of those that were given to just three babies each in England and Wales (combined) in last year:

Rare girl namesRare boy names
Ascia, Barley, Clementina, Drashti, Euphemia, Fodhla, Gwenlli, Hyacinth, Isidora, Jindh, Kanak, Letizia, Migle, Ngoc, Olayinka, Pearly, Quinnie, Rennala, Sorella, Tirion, Unathi, Valora, Wallis, Xanthi, Yuet, ZhilaAelfred, Bramwell, Canelo, Doulton, Erling, Ferdia, Gursimran, Horace, Iorwerth, Jolyon, Kenshin, Llywelyn, Mawgan, Nikunj, Ozair, Penuel, Quintus, Rudolph, Shabsi, Teifion, Ugnius, Vishvam, Western, Xyleek, Ynyr, Zaroon

Some facts/thoughts about a few of the above…

  • Canelo is the Spanish word for “cinnamon.” (It’s also used as a nickname for a redheaded person.)
  • Erling is the first name of Norwegian soccer player Erling Haaland (who currently plays for Manchester City).
  • Gwenlli is a short form of the Welsh name Gwenllian.
  • Migle is based on the Lithuanian word migla, meaning “mist.”
  • Teifion may be based on the name of the River Teifi in Wales.
  • Xyleek, which debuted impressively in the U.S. data last year, may have been inspired by a TikTok video.
  • Ynyr is the Welsh form of the Latin name Honorius.

Finally, here are the 2024 rankings for Scotland and Northern Ireland — the other two countries in the United Kingdom — and the 2023 rankings for England and Wales, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of the United Kingdom (public domain)

How did Vietnamese immigration influence U.S. baby names in 1975?

Vietnamese refugee family (aboard a U.S. ship in 1979)
Vietnamese refugee family

The decades-long Vietnam War — which began as a civil war in the 1950s and grew into a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1960s — ended with a North Vietnamese victory in the spring of 1975.

After the fall of Saigon, an estimated 125,000 Vietnamese refugees were evacuated to the U.S.

This influx of Vietnamese immigrants had a considerable impact on U.S. baby names. Dozens of Vietnamese names began appearing in the SSA data in the mid-1970s. Here’s what I’ve spotted so far:

197419751976
Thuy6 girls*12 girls17 girls
Viet.23 boys*
5 girls*		36 boys
Hung.16 boys*22 boys
Nam.14 boys*17 boys
Huy.13 boys*11 boys
Long.11 boys*47 boys
Anh.10 girls*
5 boys*		11 girls
13 boys
Vu.10 boys*6 boys
Phuong.9 girls*14 girls
Tran.9 boys*.
Duc.8 boys*10 boys
Dung.8 boys*17 boys
6 girls*
Hoang.8 boys*12 boys
My10 girls18 girls
8 boys*		21 girls
12 boys
Nguyen.8 boys*
7 girls*		10 boys
An.12 girls
7 boys*		9 girls
8 boys
Luan.7 boys*8 boys
Phong.7 boys*9 boys
Thu.7 girls*18 girls
Bich.6 girls*.
Binh.6 boys*10 boys
Linh.6 girls*
5 boys*		6 girls
5 boys
Minh.6 boys*21 boys
Quang.6 boys*17 boys
Quoc.6 boys*16 boys
Thai.6 boys*10 boys
Thao.6 girls*10 girls
Trang.6 girls*19 girls
Chau.5 girls*9 girls
5 boys*
Hai.5 boys*13 boys
Hoa.5 girls*5 girls
Lien.5 girls*14 girls
Ngoc.5 girls*7 girls
Tien.5 boys*9 boys
6 girls*
Yen.5 girls*9 girls
Yun.5 boys*.
Huong..26 girls*
Hong..15 girls*
6 boys
Loan..14 girls*
Tri..13 boys*
Hanh..12 girls*
Thanh..12 boys*
12 girls*
Thi..9 girls*
Bao..8 boys*
Ha..8 girls*
5 boys*
Trinh..8 girls*
Vinh..8 boys*
Khoa..7 boys*
Trung..7 boys*
Hien..6 girls*
Tan..6 boys*
Tuyet..6 girls*
Cuong..5 boys*
Dai..5 boys*
Doan..5 girls*
Hao..5 boys*
Hieu..5 boys*
Khanh..5 boys*
Phi..5 boys*
Thang..5 boys*
Thong..5 boys*
Tung..5 boys*
*Debut

Significantly, Viet and Nam were among the top boy-name debuts of 1975. (In the name of the country, the element viet refers to the ancient kingdom of Yue and the element nam means “south.”) Viet was the highest-debuting boy name of the year, in fact.

Another 1975 debut name, Chaffee, is likely a reference to Fort Chaffee, one of the centers at which Vietnamese refugees were processed.

The name Thuy debuting a year early may reflect the fact that over 14,000 Vietnamese immigrants entered the U.S. during the first half of the ’70s — before the fall of Saigon.

Vietnamese refugees (aboard a U.S. ship in 1975)
Vietnamese refugees

A second wave of Vietnamese immigration, which involved several million people fleeing “communist re-education camps and the 1979 Chinese invasion of Vietnam,” began in 1978 and lasted until the mid-1980s.

Hundreds of thousands of these refugees were resettled in the U.S. (More than 95,000 came in 1980 alone.)

As a result, many more Vietnamese names emerged in the SSA data:

Most of these names reached peak popularity during the ’80s.

P.S. Please note that a number of the names above (such as An, Bao, Dai, Hai, Hao, Hong, Huan, Long, Mao, My, Phan, Phuong, Tan, Tu, Vong, and Yun) are also used by people of other cultures (e.g., Chinese, Hmong, Laotian, Cambodian, Japanese). Also, I’m sorry this post doesn’t include any Vietnamese diacritics — they’re omitted from the SSA data, and they also don’t render properly on my site.

Sources:

Images: Adapted from South China Sea….A refugee woman cares for three small children and Vietnamese refugees crowd the decks of SS Pioneer Contender (both public domain)

[Latest update: Feb. 2026]