Unisex name · since 1980
Tho
46 babies named Tho in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,825 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 46
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
46 boys have been named Tho since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tho has 46 recorded births among boys since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1980 to 1992.
- #22,825 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 46 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tho ranks #22,825 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 46 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,825 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 46
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tho's 46 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tho's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tho's full recorded timeline at 1986, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tho popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1992
- Peak year (1985)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Tho popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 1984 (Tho as girls' name)
Tho by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (32 births, 70% of the file).
1980s was Tho's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Tho births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
32 births
- 1990s
1990s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 32 births (70% of all-time use).
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- Tho's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 1990s (14) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tho: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1980–1992 (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 Tho 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.