girls:
832 births since 1975
#4884 (15th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1990
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
837 births since 1975
#6902 (11th percentile)
The name Thu is the #6,902 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 837 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 10.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,884 (14.5% percentile) for all time with 832 births since 1975. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1990.
Thu first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for girls and 1990 for boys). Birth data for Thu is available in 43 out of the 44 years between 1975 and 2018 (43 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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 Thu has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Thu reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 6.5% percentile (ranked #725) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 31 births per million (ranked 6.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2018.
For boys, Thu reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #769) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1990.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Thu".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Thu", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 4 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Tou" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Tou..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Thu. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.5% confident that Thu is pronounced as thue, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is tue, at 13.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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