Girls' name · since 1909
Thais
Thais has 2,225 recorded births since 1909 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,390 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,998 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,225
- born since 1909
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Thais is the #4998 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,225 recorded since 1909.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thais has been recorded 2,225 times among girls since 1909, currently ranked #4998 nationally and more common than 71% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 2025.
- #4,390 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,998 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,225 born since 1909
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thais ranks #4,390 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,998 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,225 born since 1909, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,390 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,998 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,225
- born since 1909
- 2000s
- peak decade
Thais's 2,225 recorded births place it above 93.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Thais compares
2,225 Top 21% higher than 79% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Thais's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Thais | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,225 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 84 | 21 | 19,840 |
Thais's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Thais splits its recorded history at 1967: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1909 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 84 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Thais popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 84
- Annual births at peak, across 117 years of records
Thais by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (420 births, 19% of the file).
2000s was Thais's strongest decade.
420 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Thais births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 165
1910s
165 births
- 1920s
1920s
226 births
- 1930s 117
1930s
117 births
- 1940s 109
1940s
109 births
- 1950s 141
1950s
141 births
- 1960s 129
1960s
129 births
- 1970s
1970s
177 births
- 1980s 146
1980s
146 births
- 1990s
1990s
186 births
- 2000s
2000s
420 births
- 2010s
2010s
230 births
- 2020s
2020s
174 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 420 births (19% of all-time use).
How Thais compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Thais's total volume
Thais by state
Where Thais concentrates geographically, total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 180 | 8.1% |
| #2 | California | | 174 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 78 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 70 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Texas | | 52 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 14 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.3% |
180 of 2,225 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Thais appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Thais's data
- Thais's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (420 total births) through the 2020s (174) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Thaiss (180 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Thais: 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 (~116 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, 1909–2025 (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 Thais 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.