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
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 74 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,099since 1976
Thanh 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #6,241 | 13 |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | #3,909 | 21 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #3,299 | 25 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #3,738 | 18 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #2,747 | 27 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | #2,253 | 35 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #2,502 | 30 |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 | #2,091 | 38 |
| 1992 | #3,866 | 27 | #2,253 | 33 |
| 1991 | #3,633 | 29 | #2,095 | 35 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #1,755 | 45 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | #1,831 | 41 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #1,815 | 37 |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 | #1,534 | 46 |
| 1986 | #3,277 | 27 | #1,476 | 46 |
| 1985 | #2,440 | 40 | #1,485 | 45 |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 | #1,349 | 49 |
| 1983 | #2,595 | 34 | #1,205 | 57 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 | #1,059 | 74 |
| 1981 | #2,563 | 36 | #1,111 | 67 |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 | #1,765 | 32 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | #1,510 | 39 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | #3,095 | 12 |
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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 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#635 · 1 in 7,557
- California#679 · 1 in 10,241
- Texas#742 · 1 in 11,090
Best ever in a state: #421 in Colorado, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #635 | 5 | 1 in 7,557 |
| California | #679 | 20 | 1 in 10,241 |
| Texas | #742 | 13 | 1 in 11,090 |
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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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 1982 at #1,059 (74 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 44.9% of all boys named Thanh (494) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2010, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 77 | #1,510 (1979) | #2,683 |
| 1980s | 494 | #1,059 (1982) | #1,463 |
| 1990s | 300 | #1,755 (1990) | #2,784 |
| 2000s | 153 | #3,299 (2000) | #5,767 |
| 2010s | 70 | #6,241 (2013) | #8,810 |
| 2020s | 5 | #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 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
Top boys' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 62,716 of them was named Thanh, which outranked 74.3% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,093Yecenia28
- #3,093Yesica28
- #3,093Zakia28
- #3,172Thanh27
- #3,172Abbigail27
- #3,172Alejandrina27
- #3,172Aliesha27
- #3,260Alva26
- #3,260Andera26
- #3,260Arlena26
Tied with 87 names at #3,172; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 24,520 of them was named Thanh, which outranked 85.6% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,050Marquise75
- #1,050Roscoe75
- #1,050Sammie75
- #1,059Thanh74
- #1,059Coby74
- #1,059Donell74
- #1,059Torey74
- #1,064Adalberto73
- #1,064Jairo73
- #1,064Jevon73
Tied with 4 names at #1,059; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.