At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025
- Not in the 2025 data · last seen 1996 (#7,971)
- Babies in 1996
- 6 (<0.01% of boys)
- Peak
- #3,411 in 1983
- First recorded
- 1980
Meaning of Vue
From its whispered echo of the French word vue—“view” or “sight”—and its proud resonance in Hmong heritage as a name carried with quiet dignity, Vue unfolds like a sunlit fresco over the rolling Tuscan hills. It conjures panoramas of amber fields laced with olive groves and the distant serenade of cicadas at dusk, each syllable a soft breeze that stirs the soul toward new horizons. Though in America only a handful of newborns have carried this luminous name—making it as rare and precious as a single olive branch in a vast grove—its rarity lends it an intimate warmth, a promise of clarity and vision for the journey ahead. Evoking both the painter’s brush and the poet’s longing gaze, Vue invites the imagination to wander beyond the everyday, to behold life as a boundless vista shimmering with possibility.
How to pronounce Vue
- Pronounced voo /vu/
Popularity of Vue in the U.S.
Vue was last recorded in the U.S. in 1996, ranked #7,971 with 6 babies. It peaked at #3,411 in 1983. It first appears in the records in 1980.
- Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 1980–1996 14 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 7,971 | back (not recorded in 1995) |
| 1994 | 7 | 6,968 | ▼ 152 |
| 1993 | 7 | 6,816 | ▲ 606 |
| 1992 | 6 | 7,422 | ▼ 1,480 |
| 1991 | 8 | 5,942 | ▲ 1,236 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,178 | ▼ 2,367 |
| 1989 | 10 | 4,811 | ▲ 940 |
| 1988 | 7 | 5,751 | back (not recorded in 1987) |
| 1986 | 11 | 3,882 | ▲ 1,903 |
| 1985 | 6 | 5,785 | ▼ 1,860 |
| 1984 | 10 | 3,925 | ▼ 514 |
| 1983 | 12 | 3,411 | ▲ 1,182 |
| 1982 | 8 | 4,593 | back (not recorded in 1981) |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,250 | new |