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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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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.
Where Thao is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#756 · 1 in 6,016
- California#1,230 · 1 in 13,484
- Texas#1,395 · 1 in 16,669
Best ever in a state: #545 in Colorado, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #756 | 5 | 1 in 6,016 |
| California | #1,230 | 15 | 1 in 13,484 |
| Texas | #1,395 | 8 | 1 in 16,669 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 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 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 34,417 of them was named Thao, which outranked 83.2% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,082Stacee51
- #2,082Tova51
- #2,082Wilma51
- #2,100Thao50
- #2,100Allana50
- #2,100Arin50
- #2,100Asley50
- #2,137Anamaria49
- #2,137Azucena49
- #2,137Caley49
Tied with 36 names at #2,100; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 264,030 of them was named Thao, which outranked 32.2% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).