How rare is the name Thai?

5,623 people in the United States have the first name Thai, about 1 in 53,714. It ranks #3,631 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

THAI

#3,631

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,623
About
1 in 53,714
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,623 people named Thai, 86.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 4.1% as two or more races and 3.9% as White. 84.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Thai peaked in 2004, when 52 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
52
In 2025*
6 ▼88%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 1,426 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Thai by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,734. The largest share of babies named Thai, 44.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#10,36067
1980s#4,734310
1990s#5,421351
2000s#5,775448
2010s#10,828195
2020s#17,06355
Generation X 1965–806.2%
Millennials 1981–9636.3%
Generation Z 1997–1244.9%
2013 and later12.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Thai

#3,629 Devante · 5,625#3,629 Leonora · 5,625#3,632 Andrzej · 5,622#3,633 Cami · 5,621

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Thai, most common first.

#2,197 Thao · 11,993#2,304 Thi · 11,169#7,700 Tha · 1,951#18,816 Thoi · 569#20,273 Thoai · 511#23,505 Thay · 416#29,154 Thaw · 305

Also a last name

As a last name, Thai ranks #2,726 of 156,621, with 12,899 people. See Thai as a last name

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