Girls' name · since 1985
Thary
Thary has 12 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #52,400 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1985
- 1980s
- peak decade
Thary is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 12 have been recorded since 1985.
Thary has 12 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 1989.
- #52,400 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 1985
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thary ranks #52,400 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1985, peaking in the 1980s.
- #52,400 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1985
- 1980s
- peak decade
Thary's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Thary's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Thary's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Thary popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1989
- Peak year (1985)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1989.
12 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 7 births in a single year.
Thary by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (12 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Thary's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Thary births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 12 births (100% of all-time use).
Thary decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Thary: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~4 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, 1985–1989 (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 Thary 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.
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