Boys' name · since 2011
Thawng
Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 35 babies named Thawng, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,813 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 35
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
35 boys have been named Thawng since 2011, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Thawng has 35 recorded births among boys since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2017.
- #24,813 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 35 born since 2011
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thawng ranks #24,813 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,813 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 35
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Thawng's 35 recorded births place it above 45.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Thawng's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Thawng splits its recorded history at 2013: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Thawng popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2017
- Peak year (2017)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Thawng by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (35 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Thawng's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Thawng births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 35 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Thawng: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~6 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, 2011–2017 (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 Thawng 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.