Unisex name · since 1912
Thayer
1,358 babies named Thayer in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,227 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,895 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,358
- born since 1912
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,358 babies have been named Thayer since 1912, making it today's #5895 unisex name.
Thayer has 1,358 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5895 as of the latest data, more common than 58% of boys, 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 1912 to 2025.
- #4,227 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,895 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,358 born since 1912
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thayer ranks #4,227 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,895 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,358 born since 1912, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,227 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,895 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,358
- born since 1912
- 2010s
- peak decade
Thayer's 1,358 recorded births place it above 90.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Arkansas.
How Thayer compares
1,358 Top 27% higher than 73% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Thayer's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Thayer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,358 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 52 | 34 | 22,252 |
Thayer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Thayer's full recorded timeline at 1973, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 52 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Thayer popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 52
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Thayer popularity over time - girls
79 total births recorded since 1936 (Thayer as girls' name)
Thayer by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (404 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Thayer's strongest decade.
404 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Thayer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 74
1910s
74 births
- 1920s 79
1920s
79 births
- 1930s 58
1930s
58 births
- 1940s 61
1940s
61 births
- 1950s 48
1950s
48 births
- 1960s 84
1960s
84 births
- 1970s 72
1970s
72 births
- 1980s 91
1980s
91 births
- 1990s 131
1990s
131 births
- 2000s 135
2000s
135 births
- 2010s
2010s
404 births
- 2020s 121
2020s
121 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 404 births (30% of all-time use).
How Thayer compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Thayer's total volume
Thayer by state
Where Thayer concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #2 | Kentucky | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Washington | | 5 | 0.4% |
5 of 1,358 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Thayer's data
- Thayer's decade-level peak was the 2010s (404 total births); usage has since declined to 121 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Arkansas records the most Thayers (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Arkansas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Thayer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~113 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, 1912–2025 (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 Thayer 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.