Unisex name · since 1996
Thailer
Thailer has 33 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,265 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 33
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
33 boys have been named Thailer since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Thailer has 33 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2011.
- #25,265 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 33 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thailer ranks #25,265 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 33 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,265 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 33
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Thailer's 33 recorded births place it above 44.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Thailer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Thailer's full recorded timeline at 2002, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Thailer popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2011
- Peak year (2001)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Thailer popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 2002 (Thailer as girls' name)
Thailer by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (21 births, 64% of the file).
2000s was Thailer's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Thailer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
21 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 21 births (64% of all-time use).
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What to do with Thailer's data
- Thailer's decade-level peak was the 2000s (21 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Thailer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~15 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Thailer draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.