Thales — boys' name

What the Data Says About Thales

The Social Security Administration has registered 93 babies named Thales between 1917 and 2020, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thales currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thales performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Thales shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Thales in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thales in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 93 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.