How rare is the name Thu?

11,151 people in the United States have the first name Thu, about 1 in 27,086. It ranks #2,305 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

THU

#2,305

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,151
About
1 in 27,086
This common or more
79.3%
Who bears it

Of the 11,151 people named Thu, 98.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander. 87.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Thu peaked in 1983, when 55 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752018
Peak year
1983
Births that year
55
In 2018
12 ▼78%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 837 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Thu by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,098. The largest share of babies named Thu, 58.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#9,19783
1980s#4,098378
1990s#8,666181
2000s#14,374121
2010s#20,03574
Generation X 1965–8014.3%
Millennials 1981–9658.2%
Generation Z 1997–1221.7%
2013 and later5.7%

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

Either side of Thu

#2,303 Lawson · 11,171#2,304 Thi · 11,169#2,306 Yi · 11,132#2,307 Mitzi · 11,127

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,749 Thuy · 17,253#2,304 Thi · 11,169#5,419 The · 3,178#5,421 Tho · 3,176#7,247 Thy · 2,123#7,700 Tha · 1,951#43,210 Thua · 164

Also a last name

As a last name, Thu ranks #25,066 of 156,621, with 1,036 people. See Thu as a last name

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