Vuthy

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Khmer origin

Vuthy has been given to 37 babies in the U.S. since 1982. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1985, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Vuthy, 1995

1 in 732,000

Vuthy over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vuthy: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Khmer origin

Khmer

What Vuthy means

Vuthy is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Vuthy is used in English. Its origins include Khmer.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 37 boys were recorded with the name Vuthy between 1982 and 1995. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1985; its best national rank was #5,120 in 1985.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Vuthy?

Vuthy had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1995, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1995: 1 in 732,000; 5 of 3,660,254 births
Among boys only: 1 in 381,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1995: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 507,420 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Vuthy sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1995 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 507,420 children born in 1995 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vuthy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vuthys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vuthy was born before 1985 — so the typical Vuthy is around 40 today.

Median birth year: 1985; About 40 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 56.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 37; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 56.8% of all recorded uses (21).

Is Vuthy rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1985 (8)
Years since peak: 40; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 14.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,120; 1985

Spellings of Vuthy

Vuthy is not the most common spelling — Ruth is, with 58.2% against Vuthy's 0.78%.

Ruth58.2%2,779
Autry25.5%1,218
Kathy15.5%739
Vuthy0.78%37

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Vuthy around the world

Where Vuthy ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1986–1986
#460
in 1986

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Vuthy by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,120; 1985
Peak year: 1985; 8 that year
First recorded: 1982
Last recorded: 1995
All-time count: 37
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Vuthy

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Vuthy

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Linsey Candis Kristan Santana Chiquita Kandice Daniel Domonique

For a brother

Whitney Marques Shea Derik Derrell Brenton Antoine Jerrod

Explore around Vuthy

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