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How popular is “Thai” in the USA?

Number of people named “Thai” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Thai” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Thai” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Thai” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Thai” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Thai” by birth year

This chart shows how “Thai” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 -100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 -100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 -100%
1979 20 0.000006011 20 -100%
1980 22 0.000006387 9 13 -18%
1981 37 0.000010696 9 28 -51%
1982 41 0.000011688 13 28 -37%
1983 40 0.00001155 40 -100%
1984 22 0.000006306 22 -100%
1985 25 0.000007005 25 -100%
1986 38 0.000010683 38 -100%
1987 27 0.000007488 27 -100%
1988 31 0.00000839 31 -100%
1989 27 0.000007023 5 22 -63%
1990 23 0.000005819 23 -100%
1991 29 0.000007445 29 -100%
1992 33 0.000008591 5 28 -70%
1993 36 0.000009548 36 -100%
1994 35 0.000009415 35 -100%
1995 36 0.00000983 36 -100%
1996 38 0.000010419 6 32 -68%
1997 40 0.000011032 9 31 -55%
1998 36 0.000009787 10 26 -44%
1999 45 0.000012182 10 35 -56%
2000 42 0.000011111 42 -100%
2001 42 0.00001122 8 34 -62%
2002 45 0.000012038 10 35 -56%
2003 51 0.000013413 9 42 -65%
2004 52 0.000013609 10 42 -62%
2005 52 0.000013525 10 42 -62%
2006 40 0.000010111 9 31 -55%
2007 49 0.000012257 13 36 -47%
2008 39 0.000009922 7 32 -64%
2009 36 0.000009424 6 30 -67%
2010 22 0.000005953 22 -100%
2011 31 0.000008475 9 22 -42%
2012 18 0.000004922 5 13 -44%
2013 22 0.000006035 5 17 -55%
2014 19 0.000005126 7 12 -26%
2015 22 0.000005944 6 16 -45%
2016 13 0.000003543 13 -100%
2017 16 0.000004474 7 9 -13%
2018 17 0.000004835 5 12 -41%
2019 15 0.000004322 5 10 -33%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 -100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 -100%
2022 16 0.000004729 5 11 -38%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 -100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 -100%

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  1. Thadine
  2. Thadis
  3. Thadius
  4. Thadus
  5. Thaer
  6. Thai (this page)
  7. Thaiden
  8. Thaila
  9. Thailah
  10. Thailan
  11. Thailand