first name
THANH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,782 people named Thanh, 98.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander. 62% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Thanh peaked in 1981, when 103 babies got the name.
At least 1,749 babies have been given the name since 1976. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Thanh by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,505. The largest share of babies named Thanh, 63.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Thanh
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Thanh, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Thanh ranks #50,348 of 156,621, with 449 people. See Thanh as a last name
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