Thandi — girls' name
41 babies named Thandi in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Thandi was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Thandi in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Thandi
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Thandi between 1994 and 2020, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Thandi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Thandi performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Thandi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Thandi 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 41 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.
Thandi at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Thandi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1994
- Peak year (1994)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
41 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 10 births in a single year.
Thandi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 21 births that decade — 51% of Thandi's all-time total
Thandi decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Thandi's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.