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.

Thien

#4,571 most common boys' name of all time · #11,258 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1977–2025

Rank among boys
#4,571
Rank overall
#11,258 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
1,084
Since 2016
167
Peak year
1996 #2,068
Best rank
#2,036 1981
Girls Boys peak 42/yr
198020002020

Thien first appears in 1977. 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 #11,030
2024 — 11 11 #7,405
2023 — 11 11 #7,430
2022 — 18 18 #5,296
2021 — 17 17 #5,433
2020 — 21 21 #4,603
2019 — 19 19 #5,035
2018 — 17 17 #5,411
2017 — 23 23 #4,387
2016 — 24 24 #4,254
2015 — 13 13 #6,452
2014 — 27 27 #3,832
2013 — 22 22 #4,375
2012 — 18 18 #5,131
2011 — 19 19 #4,897
2010 — 26 26 #3,946
2009 — 23 23 #4,354
2008 — 35 35 #3,250
2007 6 33 39 #3,348
2006 — 24 24 #4,060
2005 — 35 35 #2,992
2004 — 26 26 #3,599
2003 5 24 29 #3,687
2002 — 26 26 #3,411
2001 — 25 25 #3,462
2000 — 29 29 #3,051
1999 — 24 24 #3,354
1998 — 16 16 #4,330
1997 — 23 23 #3,235
1996 — 42 42 #2,068
1995 6 26 32 #2,825
1994 — 26 26 #2,832
1993 — 26 26 #2,769
1992 — 23 23 #2,982
1991 5 30 35 #2,401
1990 — 22 22 #2,941
1989 — 27 27 #2,461
1988 — 23 23 #2,592
1987 — 22 22 #2,554
1986 — 15 15 #3,250
1985 — 20 20 #2,592
1984 7 18 25 #2,702
1983 — 21 21 #2,405
1982 — 17 17 #2,825
1981 — 27 27 #2,036
1980 — 16 16 #2,962
1979 — 8 8 #4,803
1978 — 6 6 #5,681
1977 — 5 5 #6,848