Thu
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #8,617 · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 55 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 832since 1975
Thu over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Thu has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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 | |
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| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,877 | 27 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,722 | 28 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,909 | 26 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #3,402 | 30 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,903 | 32 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,749 | 34 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,961 | 52 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,887 | 55 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,050 | 50 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,158 | 47 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1975
The first year at least five girls were named Thu! It came in at #7,173, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2016, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1983 at #1,887 (55 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 30,375
- Highest: 1 in 30,375 girls born in 1983 were named Thu (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 141,756 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 45.4% of all girls named Thu (378) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 83 | #3,098 (1978) | #4,604 |
| 1980s | 378 | #1,887 (1983) | #2,794 |
| 1990s | 176 | #3,722 (1991) | #6,012 |
| 2000s | 121 | #6,299 (2003) | #9,286 |
| 2010s | 74 | #8,617 (2018) | #11,179 |
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.
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