Thao
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
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
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.
- Lyndseypeak 1990
- Eboneepeak 1991
- Briannepeak 1979
- Breannepeak 1991
- Lindseypeak 1984
- Lynseypeak 1982
- Meghanpeak 1985
- Latiapeak 1987
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.