Recorded 1979–2009 Boys' name Peak 1981 207 births

Thuan — boys' name

207 babies named Thuan in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s61980s991990s492000s53
1980s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Thuan was born in this single decade.

1981
Single peak year

15 babies were named Thuan in 1981 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Thuan

The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Thuan between 1979 and 2009, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thuan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thuan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Thuan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Thuan in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thuan 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 207 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.

Thuan at a glance

Last recorded 2009

Total births

207

Since 1979

31 years of records

Peak year

1981

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2009

Active since

1979

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 2009

Thuan popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1979

Last recorded 2009
Peak year (1981)
15
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
05101520 200920042001199319901987198419811979 6

Thuan popularity over time — girls

5 total births recorded since 1982 (Thuan as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 5 births
5 1982 5

Thuan by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
99 births that decade — 48% of Thuan's all-time total
1970s61980s991990s492000s53

Thuan by state

Where Thuan concentrates geographically — total births since 1979

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Thuan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
15 7.2%
#2 Texas
6 2.9%
California share of Thuan's total US births 7.2%
Even split

15 of 207 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Thuan?
207 babies have been named Thuan since 1979. It was last recorded in 2009. The peak year was 1981 with 15 births.
When was Thuan most popular?
Thuan was most popular in the 1980s decade with 99 total births. The single peak year was 1981.
Where is Thuan most popular?
The top states for the name Thuan are California (15 births), Texas (6 births).
How long has the name Thuan been used?
Thuan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 31 years of data through 2009.
What names are similar to Thuan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Thurman, Thurston, Thurmon, Thurmond, 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, 1979–2009 (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.