Thayer

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #12,464 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 94.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,905
1918 · 17 births
Debut · boys
1912
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,358
since 1912

Thayer over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #4,181, 1936peak #1,905, 1918girlsboys
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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
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2025—#5,86115
2024—#4,43323
2023—#4,88620
2022—#4,85020
2021—#3,91227
2020—#5,45116
2019—#2,62649
2018#12,4647#2,84842
2017#14,1246#2,67246
2016—#2,68945
2015—#2,42952
2014—#2,42952
2013—#2,66844
2012—#3,11536
2011—#4,65920
2010—#5,04718
2009—#5,80015
2008—#6,76312
2007—#5,43416
2006—#6,09413
2005—#5,03416
2004—#6,97610
2003#12,4087#6,25811
2002—#5,13114
2001#13,5216#5,66712
2000—#4,57316
1999—#4,76214
1998—#5,84010
1997—#5,28811
1996—#4,61313
1995—#4,28014
1994—#3,91116
1993—#5,00211
1992—#4,56412
1991—#5,09610
1990—#3,05820
1989—#3,61815
1988—#4,45010
1987#11,3255#4,5739
1986#10,9125#6,7215
1985—#5,7856
1984#9,1446#3,27013
1983—#4,4998
1982—#6,3855
1981—#4,1539
1980—#3,61511
1979—#4,8427
1978#8,5626—
1977—#3,8369
1976#9,2845#5,5875
1975—#3,9418
1974—#4,1907
1973—#3,6948
1972—#2,99111
1971—#4,3756
1970—#2,89111
1969—#2,54912
1968—#3,6736
1967—#2,9858
1966—#2,62710
1965—#2,36612
1964—#3,2827
1963—#2,30013
1962#5,8606#2,8489
1961#6,5675#3,3567
1960——
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1958—#3,5596
1957—#2,8229
1956—#3,2167
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1954—#3,8275
1953—#3,4256
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1951—#2,8448
1950—#3,0217
1949—#3,6905
1948—#2,7888
1947#5,2955—
1946#4,9605#2,40310
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1944—#2,6338
1943—#3,5385
1942—#2,5239
1941—#2,6568
1940—#2,6718
1939—#3,1136
1938—#2,4799
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1936#4,1815#3,1476
1935—#2,9517
1934—#2,9737
1933—#2,5429
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1930—#3,0228
1929—#2,31712
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1927—#4,2105
1926—#2,9049
1925—#3,1558
1924—#2,47312
1923—#4,2395
1922—#2,80110
1921—#3,2148
1920—#2,76510
1919—#2,51111
1918—#1,90517
1917—#2,56210
1916—#2,7309
1915—#2,8298
1914—#3,2645
1913—#2,0928
1912—#2,2696
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Thayer! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1927–1928, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Thayer is popular in 2019

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedMOKentucky: #648 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,097 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Thayer, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kentucky#648 · 1 in 4,097

Best ever in a state: #536 in Arkansas, 2018.

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Kentucky#64851 in 4,097
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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 Thayer
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,428 spots since 2024 (#4,433 → #5,861)
  • 410 spots since 2020 (#5,451 → #5,861)
  • 3,432 spots since 2015 (#2,429 → #5,861)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1918 at #1,905 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1921, 3 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 36,617
  • Highest: 1 in 36,617 boys born in 2019 were named Thayer (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,905 in 1918, was only 1 in 59,616 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 29.7% of all boys named Thayer (404) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1987
  • Mostly girls until 1986, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s74#1,905 (1918)#2,520
1920s79#2,317 (1929)#3,120
1930s58#2,479 (1938)#2,952
1940s61#2,403 (1946)#2,863
1950s48#2,822 (1957)#3,245
1960s84#2,300 (1963)#2,887
1970s72#2,891 (1970)#4,039
1980s91#3,270 (1984)#4,707
1990s131#3,058 (1990)#4,641
2000s135#4,573 (2000)#5,773
2010s404#2,429 (2014)#3,118
2020s121#3,912 (2021)#4,899

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.

Thayer in 2019

boys
#2,626
49 births · 1 in 36,617 boys

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #2,626Thayer49
More about 2019

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 36,617 of them was named Thayer, which outranked 81.4% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thayer
  1. #2,582Willis50
  2. #2,582Winter50
  3. #2,582Zac50
  4. #2,626Thayer49
  5. #2,626Aero49
  6. #2,626Alain49
  7. #2,626Arya49
  8. #2,656Aceyn48
  9. #2,656Ameir48
  10. #2,656Amenadiel48

Tied with 29 names at #2,626; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

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

See the top 100 for 2019 →