Thales

Popularity Trends

The name Thales is the #7,646 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 93 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 1.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,493 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 93 births since 1917.

Thales first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (first recorded for boys in 1917). Birth data for Thales is available in 13 out of the 104 years between 1917 and 2020. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Thales reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #889) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Thales".

1917 2020 19172020

Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

2009

First Recorded

1917

Peak Percentile

1.3%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#889

Current Rank

—

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Thales", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Thales.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Thales's popularity from 1993 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Thales at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Thales range from Brihana at 83.5% correlation to Analeigh at 79.2% correlation, with an average correlation level of 80.4%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Analeigh with 1.7K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Traeson with 80 births (100% boys).

Thales' share of births peaked at 8 births per million for boys in 2009. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (30% of peak) in 2000. In 2020, the most recent period with data, the name Thales had 3.2 births per million, 40% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Brihana

253

83.50% (very strong)

Kherington

440

82.00% (very strong)

Yarel

858

81.40% (very strong)

Anwitha

80.56% (very strong)

Allizon

264

80.48% (very strong)

Darey

659

79.89% (strong)

Barack

299

79.79% (strong)

Traeson

79.56% (strong)

Andyn

131

79.53% (strong)

Raihana

79.41% (strong)

Gabriellah

79.26% (strong)

Analeigh

1,670

79.23% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Thales

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Thales. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 82.1% confident that Thales is pronounced as THAY-leez, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is thaylz, at 17.9% confidence, with 1 syllables.

THAY-leez

82.1%

thaylz

17.9%

THAY-leez (2 syllables)

82.1% confidence

TH EY1 L IY0 Z

thaylz (1 syllable)

17.9% confidence

TH EY1 L Z

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like TH EY1 L IY0 Z) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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