Thao
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 84.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 58 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,040since 1975
Thao over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
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| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,149 | 37 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #2,701 | 45 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #2,725 | 44 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #2,576 | 48 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #2,843 | 41 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #2,402 | 51 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #2,879 | 38 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #3,165 | 31 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #2,024 | 55 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #2,265 | 45 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #2,100 | 50 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #1,837 | 58 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #2,097 | 47 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #2,447 | 39 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Thao! It came in at #7,984, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2015–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Thao
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1984 at #1,837 (58 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 29,031 girls born in 1984 were named Thao (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 345,292 girls born in 2017 (0.00%)
- 40.8% of all girls named Thao (424) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 62 | #3,541 (1979) | #5,539 |
| 1980s | 424 | #1,837 (1984) | #2,467 |
| 1990s | 375 | #2,402 (1990) | #3,255 |
| 2000s | 131 | #5,491 (2000) | #8,914 |
| 2010s | 48 | #10,451 (2010) | #13,863 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Thao in 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
Top boys' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 41,115 of them was named Thao, which outranked 82.8% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,676Tarra45
- #2,676Toria45
- #2,676Yecenia45
- #2,725Thao44
- #2,725Anitra44
- #2,725Austyn44
- #2,725Brian44
- #2,768Aiesha43
- #2,768Alanah43
- #2,768Alberta43
Tied with 42 names at #2,725; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 217,925 of them was named Thao, which outranked 43.3% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,360Zan10
- #5,360Zedrick10
- #5,360Zeferino10
- #5,771Thao9
- #5,771Adem9
- #5,771Adonus9
- #5,771Ahad9
- #6,228Abdelrahman8
- #6,228Abdias8
- #6,228Absalom8
Tied with 456 names at #5,771; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.