Recorded 1978–2017 Boys' name Peak 1986 227 births

Thinh — boys' name

227 babies named Thinh in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s101980s711990s662000s442010s36
1980s
Peak decade

31% of everyone ever named Thinh was born in this single decade.

1986
Single peak year

13 babies were named Thinh in 1986 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Thinh

The Social Security Administration has registered 227 babies named Thinh between 1978 and 2017, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thinh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thinh performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Thinh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Thinh in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thinh 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 227 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.

Thinh at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

227

Since 1978

40 years of records

Peak year

1986

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1978

Recorded for 40 years

Last year on file: 2017

Thinh popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1978

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (1986)
13
Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
468101214 201720112005199919951990198519811978 5

Thinh by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
71 births that decade — 31% of Thinh's all-time total
1970s101980s711990s662000s442010s36

Thinh by state

Where Thinh concentrates geographically — total births since 1978

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Thinh
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
16 7.0%
California share of Thinh's total US births 7.0%

16 of 227 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Thinh?
227 babies have been named Thinh since 1978. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 1986 with 13 births.
When was Thinh most popular?
Thinh was most popular in the 1980s decade with 71 total births. The single peak year was 1986.
Where is Thinh most popular?
The top states for the name Thinh are California (16 births).
How long has the name Thinh been used?
Thinh has been recorded in Social Security data since 1978, spanning 40 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Thinh?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Thiago, Thien, Thierry, Thimothy, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1978–2017 (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.