girls:
29 births since 2014
#5687 (0th percentile)
boys:
713 births since 1976
#3874 (15th percentile)
overall:
742 births since 1976
#6997 (10th percentile)
The name Thang is the #6,997 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 742 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 9.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,874 (15.5% percentile) for all time with 713 births since 1976. For girls, it ranks #5,687 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 29 births since 2014.
Thang first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for boys and 2014 for girls). Birth data for Thang is available in 41 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (41 years for boys and 5 years for girls). 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.
The name Thang has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 80.6% of babies named Thang were boys.
For boys, Thang reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 4.2% percentile (ranked #882) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Thang ranks #887 for boys (2.6% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 69.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Thang reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #945) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Thang is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #945 (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Thang".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Thang. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.5% confident that Thang is pronounced as thang, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is thahng, at 20.0% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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