Thao*
#6,115 most common girls' name of all time · #10,328 across all names · 16% male / 84% female · used 1975–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#6,115
Rank overall
#10,328 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
1,237
Since 2016
10
Peak year
1984 #1,864
Best rank
#1,864 1984
Girls
Boys
peak 73/yr
Thao 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,454 |
| 2015 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,034 |
| 2014 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,406 |
| 2013 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,501 |
| 2012 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,415 |
| 2011 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,426 |
| 2010 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,689 |
| 2009 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,107 |
| 2008 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,667 |
| 2007 | 13 | — | 13 | #9,191 |
| 2006 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,757 |
| 2005 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,383 |
| 2004 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,493 |
| 2003 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,022 |
| 2002 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,871 |
| 2001 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,186 |
| 2000 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,595 |
| 1999 | 29 | 5 | 34 | #4,037 |
| 1998 | 27 | 5 | 32 | #4,201 |
| 1997 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 37 | 5 | 42 | #3,212 |
| 1995 | 29 | 5 | 34 | #3,747 |
| 1994 | 45 | 9 | 54 | #2,735 |
| 1993 | 44 | 9 | 53 | #2,758 |
| 1992 | 48 | 13 | 61 | #2,607 |
| 1991 | 41 | 16 | 57 | #2,880 |
| 1990 | 51 | 11 | 62 | #2,431 |
| 1989 | 38 | 16 | 54 | #2,922 |
| 1988 | 31 | 9 | 40 | #3,217 |
| 1987 | 55 | 8 | 63 | #2,042 |
| 1986 | 45 | 9 | 54 | #2,296 |
| 1985 | 50 | 7 | 57 | #2,132 |
| 1984 | 58 | 15 | 73 | #1,864 |
| 1983 | 47 | 12 | 59 | #2,132 |
| 1982 | 35 | 13 | 48 | #2,702 |
| 1981 | 39 | 6 | 45 | #2,487 |
| 1980 | 26 | 13 | 39 | #3,312 |
| 1979 | 22 | 6 | 28 | #3,664 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,916 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,293 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,031 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,051 |