Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Thai*

#3,877 most common boys' name of all time · #9,449 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1975–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#3,877
Rank overall
#9,449 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
1,426
Since 2016
116
Peak year
2004 #2,591
Best rank
#1,533 1983
Girls Boys peak 52/yr
198020002020

Thai first appears in 1975. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 6 6 #10,998
2024 — 7 7 #10,167
2023 — 7 7 #10,021
2022 5 11 16 #7,422
2021 — 10 10 #7,768
2020 — 9 9 #8,263
2019 5 10 15 #7,821
2018 5 12 17 #6,845
2017 7 9 16 #8,361
2016 — 13 13 #6,502
2015 6 16 22 #5,603
2014 7 12 19 #6,788
2013 5 17 22 #5,262
2012 5 13 18 #6,423
2011 9 22 31 #4,415
2010 — 22 22 #4,431
2009 6 30 36 #3,592
2008 7 32 39 #3,459
2007 13 36 49 #3,162
2006 9 31 40 #3,420
2005 10 42 52 #2,638
2004 10 42 52 #2,591
2003 9 42 51 #2,492
2002 10 35 45 #2,720
2001 8 34 42 #2,777
2000 — 42 42 #2,317
1999 10 35 45 #2,539
1998 10 26 36 #3,061
1997 9 31 40 #2,593
1996 6 32 38 #2,475
1995 — 36 36 #2,245
1994 — 35 35 #2,295
1993 — 36 36 #2,199
1992 5 28 33 #2,589
1991 — 29 29 #2,456
1990 — 23 23 #2,849
1989 5 22 27 #2,879
1988 — 31 31 #2,085
1987 — 27 27 #2,209
1986 — 38 38 #1,693
1985 — 25 25 #2,220
1984 — 22 22 #2,359
1983 — 40 40 #1,533
1982 13 28 41 #1,996
1981 9 28 37 #1,994
1980 9 13 22 #3,410
1979 — 20 20 #2,462
1978 — 16 16 #2,794
1977 — 15 15 #2,906
1976 — 10 10 #3,714
1975 — 6 6 #5,458