Girls' name · since 1918
Thana
Thana has 68 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1950 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,533 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 68
- born since 1918
- 1940s
- peak decade
Thana sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 68 recorded since 1918.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thana has been recorded 68 times among girls since 1918, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2006.
- #31,533 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 68 born since 1918
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thana ranks #31,533 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 68 born since 1918, peaking in the 1940s.
- #31,533 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 68
- born since 1918
- 1940s
- peak decade
Thana's 68 recorded births place it above 56.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Thana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Thana splits its recorded history at 1950: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1939 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1950 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Thana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2006
- Peak year (1950)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 89 years of records
Thana by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (20 births, 29% of the file).
1940s was Thana's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Thana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
20 births
- 1950s
1950s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
17 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 20 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Thana's decade-level peak was the 1940s (20 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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 Thana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1918–2006 (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 Thana 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.