Thanos — boys' name
105 babies named Thanos in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Thanos was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Thanos in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Thanos
The Social Security Administration has registered 105 babies named Thanos between 2004 and 2023, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thanos currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Thanos performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Thanos shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Thanos 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 105 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.
Thanos at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Thanos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2004
- Peak year (2019)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
105 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 18 births in a single year.
Thanos by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 68 births that decade — 65% of Thanos's all-time total
Thanos decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Thanos's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% 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, 2004–2023 (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.