Thai

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 85.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1983 · 40 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,214
since 1975

Thai over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #5,209, 1982peak #1,516, 1983girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#10,6956
2024—#9,8947
2023—#9,7637
2022#15,3065#7,26211
2021—#7,58710
2020—#8,0679
2019#15,5395#7,64310
2018#15,6825#6,70312
2017#12,7137#8,1409
2016—#6,34913
2015#14,4826#5,50716
2014#13,0697#6,63212
2013#16,5475#5,17117
2012#16,8695#6,30613
2011#11,1819#4,35622
2010—#4,36622
2009#15,2426#3,55130
2008#13,8327#3,42132
2007#9,00713#3,13536
2006#11,4179#3,38431
2005#10,12810#2,61442
2004#9,89210#2,56942
2003#10,4259#2,47042
2002#9,48210#2,68535
2001#11,0208#2,74234
2000—#2,29842
1999#8,80510#2,51035
1998#8,58410#3,01726
1997#9,0179#2,54631
1996#11,8076#2,44132
1995—#2,21036
1994—#2,25935
1993—#2,16236
1992#13,3175#2,53228
1991—#2,40629
1990—#2,78023
1989#12,3625#2,78422
1988—#2,03531
1987—#2,16927
1986—#1,66238
1985—#2,17125
1984—#2,29222
1983—#1,51640
1982#5,20913#1,92928
1981#6,8049#1,94228
1980#6,7899#3,25613
1979—#2,37920
1978—#2,66916
1977—#2,79115
1976—#3,47110
1975—#4,7976
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First appearance
1975

The first year at least five boys were named Thai! It came in at #4,797, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1975, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Thai is popular in 1993

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,123 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 21,188 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedHITexas: #1,324 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 25,512 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Thai, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,123 · 1 in 21,188
  2. Texas#1,324 · 1 in 25,512

Best ever in a state: #782 in California, 1983.

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Texas#1,32461 in 25,512
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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 Thai
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 801 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #10,695)
  • 2,628 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #10,695)
  • 5,188 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1975
  • Peaked 1983 at #1,516 (40 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 29 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 44,814
  • Highest: 1 in 44,814 boys born in 1983 were named Thai (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 30.1% of all boys named Thai (366) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s67#2,379 (1979)#3,221
1980s274#1,516 (1983)#2,176
1990s311#2,162 (1993)#2,486
2000s366#2,298 (2000)#2,887
2010s146#4,356 (2011)#6,117
2020s50#7,262 (2022)#8,878

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.

Thai in 1993

boys
#2,162
36 births · 1 in 54,481 boys

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #2,162Thai36
More about 1993

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 54,481 of them was named Thai, which outranked 78.7% 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).

Ranked beside Thai
  1. #2,123Yonatan37
  2. #2,123Zain37
  3. #2,123Zayne37
  4. #2,162Thai36
  5. #2,162Abdulrahman36
  6. #2,162Adarius36
  7. #2,162Argenis36
  8. #2,209Amanda35
  9. #2,209Amin35
  10. #2,209Arin35

Tied with 46 names at #2,162; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,880Savon#6,670 → #790
  2. ↑ 2,006Jordy#2,834 → #828
  3. ↑ 662Austyn#1,598 → #936
  4. ↑ 471Devaughn#1,395 → #924
  5. ↑ 454Mikal#1,294 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 329Channing#887 → #1,216
  2. ↓ 307Garth#658 → #965
  3. ↓ 252Earnest#911 → #1,163
  4. ↓ 241Armand#987 → #1,228
  5. ↓ 240Spenser#831 → #1,071

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

See the top 100 for 1993 →