Girls' name · since 1974
Thuy
1,076 babies named Thuy in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,076
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Thuy sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 1,076 recorded since 1974.
Thuy has 1,076 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1974 to 2015.
- #7,140 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,076 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thuy ranks #7,140 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,076 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #7,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,076
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Thuy's 1,076 recorded births place it above 90.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Thuy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Thuy's full recorded timeline at 1991, 25% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 75% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1983 peak of 93 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Thuy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2015
- Peak year (1983)
- 93
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Thuy popularity over time - boys
17 total births recorded since 1982 (Thuy as boys' name)
Thuy by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (628 births, 58% of the file).
1980s was Thuy's strongest decade.
628 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Thuy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 137
1970s
137 births
- 1980s
1980s
628 births
- 1990s 235
1990s
235 births
- 2000s 71
2000s
71 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 628 births (58% of all-time use).
How Thuy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Thuy's total volume
Thuy by state
Where Thuy concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 267 | 24.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 134 | 12.5% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 94 | 8.7% |
| #4 | Kansas | | 13 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.5% |
267 of 1,076 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Thuy's data
- Thuy's decade-level peak was the 1980s (628 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Thuys (267 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Thuy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1974–2015 (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 Thuy 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.