How rare is the name Thang?

6,398 people in the United States have the first name Thang, about 1 in 47,207. It ranks #3,317 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

THANG

#3,317

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,398
About
1 in 47,207
This common or more
82.1%
Who bears it

Of the 6,398 people named Thang, 98.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander. 93.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Thang peaked in 2016, when 49 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19762025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
49
In 2025*
28 ▼43%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 796 babies have been given the name since 1976. 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.

Thang by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #7,546. The largest share of babies named Thang, 55.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#16,22023
1980s#8,607127
1990s#13,72491
2000s#26,85137
2010s#7,546326
2020s#7,572192
Generation X 1965–804.1%
Millennials 1981–9623.9%
Generation Z 1997–1216.2%
2013 and later55.8%

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.

Exactly as common as Thang

1 other first name also has 6,398 people.

#3,317 Aric · 6,398

Either side of Thang

#3,316 Frieda · 6,400#3,317 Aric · 6,398#3,319 Alesia · 6,397#3,320 Rayne · 6,396

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,527 Thong · 3,087#16,385 Thawng · 689#48,513 Theng · 131#49,173 Thung · 127

Also a last name

As a last name, Thang ranks #4,810 of 156,621, with 7,126 people. See Thang as a last name

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