Girls' name · since 1988
Thanya
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 261 babies named Thanya, peaking in 1993. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,196 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 261
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Thanya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 261 have been recorded since 1988.
Thanya has 261 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2023.
- #17,196 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 261 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thanya ranks #17,196 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 261 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,196 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 261
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Thanya's 261 recorded births place it above 76.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Thanya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Thanya splits its recorded history at 2003: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Thanya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2023
- Peak year (1993)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Thanya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (124 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Thanya's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Thanya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
94 births
- 2000s
2000s
124 births
- 2010s 31
2010s
31 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 124 births (48% of all-time use).
Thanya by state
Where Thanya concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 54 | 20.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 9 | 3.4% |
54 of 261 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Thanya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (124 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Thanyas (54 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Thanya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
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, 1988–2023 (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 Thanya 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.