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Thao

girls’ name · 84%boys’ name · 16%FadedCompare

Thao 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
198458 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1975
1,232people given the name
Babies named Thao, by year of birthgirlsboys
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,040 girls have been named Thao in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1984, with 58 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 58 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1980s alone account for 41%.

Thao is used for both sexes: 16% of its bearers are boys (192), most of them born around 1989.

By decade

Decadegirls named Thao
1970s62
1980s424
1990s375
2000s131
2010s48

In 1984, its biggest year

Thao was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1984 were Jennifer, Jessica, Ashley, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1984.

Names that rose and fell with Thao

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.