How rare is the name Thien?

5,150 people in the United States have the first name Thien, about 1 in 58,647. It ranks #3,832 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

THIEN

#3,832

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,150
About
1 in 58,647
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,150 people named Thien, 97.6% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander. 84.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Thien peaked in 1996, when 42 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19772025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
42
In 2025*
6 ▼86%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,084 babies have been given the name since 1977. 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.

Thien by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #6,124. The largest share of babies named Thien, 38.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#17,22319
1980s#6,124213
1990s#6,500269
2000s#7,774291
2010s#10,329208
2020s#13,06784
Generation X 1965–803.2%
Millennials 1981–9637.2%
Generation Z 1997–1238.5%
2013 and later21.1%

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 Thien

1 other first name also has 5,150 people.

#3,832 Seema · 5,150

Either side of Thien

#3,831 Stephani · 5,154#3,832 Seema · 5,150#3,834 Isa · 5,145#3,835 Aydin · 5,141

Spelled almost the same

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

#18,182 Thin · 595#30,234 Thian · 289#37,821 Thiem · 205#47,684 Then · 136

Also a last name

As a last name, Thien ranks #33,336 of 156,621, with 736 people. See Thien as a last name

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