girls:
650 births since 1976
#5066 (11th percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1976
#3502 (24th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1976
#6002 (22nd percentile)
The name Thanh is the #6,002 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,749 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 22.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,502 (23.6% percentile) for all time with 1,099 births since 1976. For girls, it ranks #5,066 (11.3% percentile) for all time with 650 births since 1976.
Thanh first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 . Birth data for Thanh is available in 43 out of the 46 years between 1976 and 2021 (43 years for boys and 38 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 Thanh has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (62.8% of all recorded births). In 2021, 100.0% of babies named Thanh were boys.
For boys, Thanh reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 10.0% percentile (ranked #622) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 39 births per million (ranked 10.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
For girls, Thanh reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 4.4% percentile (ranked #765) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2014.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Thanh".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Thanh. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.8% confident that Thanh is pronounced as than, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is thahn, at 27.3% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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