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Thanh

boys’ name · 63%girls’ name · 37%FadedCompare

Thanh is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
198274 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1976
1,749people given the name
Babies named Thanh, by year of birthboysgirls
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,099 boys have been named Thanh in the United States since 1976, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 74 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 74 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1980s alone account for 45%.

Thanh is used for both sexes: 37% of its bearers are girls (650), most of them born around 1985.

By decade

Decadeboys named Thanh
1970s77
1980s494
1990s300
2000s153
2010s70
2020s5

In 1982, its biggest year

Thanh was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1982 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jason and David. See all of 1982.

Names that rose and fell with Thanh

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.