Recorded 1988–2023 Girls' name Peak 1993 261 births

Thanya — girls' name

261 babies named Thanya in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s71990s942000s1242010s312020s5
2000s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Thanya was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

28 babies were named Thanya in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Thanya

The Social Security Administration has registered 261 babies named Thanya between 1988 and 2023, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Thanya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thanya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Thanya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 54 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Thanya in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thanya 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 261 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.

Thanya at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

261

Since 1988

36 years of records

Peak year

1993

28 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1988

Recorded for 36 years

Last year on file: 2023

Thanya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1988

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1993)
28
Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
0102030 2023201420072003199919941988 7

Thanya by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
124 births that decade — 48% of Thanya's all-time total
1980s71990s942000s1242010s312020s5

Thanya by state

Where Thanya concentrates geographically — total births since 1988

Regionally concentrated
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Thanya
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
54 20.7%
#2 Texas
9 3.4%
California share of Thanya's total US births 20.7%
Even split

54 of 261 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Thanya?
261 babies have been named Thanya since 1988. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1993 with 28 births.
When was Thanya most popular?
Thanya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 124 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
Where is Thanya most popular?
The top states for the name Thanya are California (54 births), Texas (9 births).
How long has the name Thanya been used?
Thanya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 36 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Thanya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Thalia, Thais, Thania, Thao, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1988–2023 (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.