How rare is the name Thao?

11,993 people in the United States have the first name Thao, about 1 in 25,184. It ranks #2,197 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

THAO

#2,197

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,993
About
1 in 25,184
This common or more
78.9%
Who bears it

Of the 11,993 people named Thao, 98% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander. 84.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Thao peaked in 1984, when 73 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
1984
Births that year
73
In 2025*
5 ▼93%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 1,237 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.

Thao by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #3,279. The largest share of babies named Thao, 69.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#10,27368
1980s#3,279532
1990s#4,558453
2000s#13,610131
2010s#24,75348
2020s#39,3255
Generation X 1965–808.6%
Millennials 1981–9669.2%
Generation Z 1997–1219.8%
2013 and later2.3%

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 Thao

#2,194 Christiana · 11,997#2,194 Galen · 11,997#2,198 Rickie · 11,983#2,199 Tayler · 11,972

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,829 Theo · 15,942#3,631 Thai · 5,623#5,421 Tho · 3,176#7,700 Tha · 1,951#23,505 Thay · 416#29,154 Thaw · 305

Also a last name

As a last name, Thao ranks #1,289 of 156,621, with 26,668 people. See Thao as a last name

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