Thanh

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #13,069 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to boys 62.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1982 · 74 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,099
since 1976

Thanh over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #2,440, 1985peak #1,059, 1982girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2021#12,1465
2020
2019#9,7567
2018
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2016#10,7446
2015#9,5687
2014#13,0697#8,1309
2013#16,5475#6,24113
2012#6,30613
2011#13,3477#7,50210
2010#11,2469#12,2315
2009#15,2426#10,9946
2008#15,4056#7,18711
2007#15,4916#6,62212
2006#10,61110#5,78114
2005#10,9219#5,27815
2004#10,6909#5,81313
2003#9,67110#4,81516
2002#7,81613#3,90921
2001#7,72413#3,97420
2000#6,80815#3,29925
1999#5,89617#2,93928
1998#9,2609#5,46611
1997#7,74211#3,73818
1996#5,77116#2,74727
1995#5,43917#2,25335
1994#6,31914#2,50230
1993#4,67121#2,09138
1992#3,86627#2,25333
1991#3,63329#2,09535
1990#5,06018#1,75545
1989#4,35821#1,83141
1988#4,01522#1,81537
1987#3,52425#1,53446
1986#3,27727#1,47646
1985#2,44040#1,48545
1984#2,91530#1,34949
1983#2,59534#1,20557
1982#3,17227#1,05974
1981#2,56336#1,11167
1980#2,53737#1,76532
1979#4,42016#1,51039
1978#4,67914#3,21512
1977#9,6525#2,91014
1976#4,90512#3,09512
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First appearance
1976

The first year at least five boys were named Thanh! It came in at #3,095, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2017–2018, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Thanh is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #988 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 18,142 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Thanh, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#988 · 1 in 18,142

Best ever in a state: #421 in Colorado, 1983.

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California#988161 in 18,142
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Thanh
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1976
  • Peaked 1982 at #1,059 (74 births)
  • Births halved by 1988, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 24,520
  • Highest: 1 in 24,520 boys born in 1982 were named Thanh (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,896 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 44.9% of all boys named Thanh (494) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2011
  • Mostly girls until 2010, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s77#1,510 (1979)#2,683
1980s494#1,059 (1982)#1,463
1990s300#1,755 (1990)#2,784
2000s153#3,299 (2000)#5,767
2010s70#6,241 (2013)#8,810
2020s5#12,146 (2021)#12,146

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Thanh in 1990

girls
#5,060
18 births · 1 in 105,475 girls
boys
#1,755
45 births · 1 in 45,645 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #5,060Thanh18

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #1,755Thanh45
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 105,475 of them was named Thanh, which outranked 66.8% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thanh
  1. #4,868Xandria19
  2. #4,868Yanina19
  3. #4,868Yehudis19
  4. #5,060Thanh18
  5. #5,060Agustina18
  6. #5,060Aliah18
  7. #5,060Alissia18
  8. #5,286Abrielle17
  9. #5,286Adena17
  10. #5,286Adrea17

Tied with 225 names at #5,060; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 45,645 of them was named Thanh, which outranked 81.5% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thanh
  1. #1,730Sebastien46
  2. #1,730Tavares46
  3. #1,730Tyreese46
  4. #1,755Thanh45
  5. #1,755Anthoney45
  6. #1,755Aryeh45
  7. #1,755Bryn45
  8. #1,780Ameer44
  9. #1,780Christain44
  10. #1,780Correy44

Tied with 24 names at #1,755; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990