Thai

Thai was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).

Thai as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Thai as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Thai as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#10,695 (6)——
2024#9,894 (7)——
2023#9,763 (7)——
2022#7,262 (11)——
2021#7,587 (10)#4,789 (3)—
2020#8,067 (9)——
2019#7,643 (10)——
2018#6,703 (12)——
2017#8,140 (9)——
2016#6,349 (13)#4,810 (3)—
2015#5,507 (16)#4,747 (3)—
2014#6,632 (12)#3,895 (4)—
2013#5,171 (17)#3,315 (5)—
2012#6,306 (13)#1,852 (12)—
2011#4,356 (22)#2,613 (7)—

Thai as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Thai as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020
Thai as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & Wales
2022#15,306 (5)—
2019#15,539 (5)—
2018#15,682 (5)—
2017#12,713 (7)—
2015#14,482 (6)—
2014#13,069 (7)—
2013#16,547 (5)—
2012#16,869 (5)—
2011#11,181 (9)—
2009#15,242 (6)—
2008#13,832 (7)—
2007#9,007 (13)—
2006#11,417 (9)—
2005#10,128 (10)—
2004#9,892 (10)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1983 at #1,516.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.
  • In 2022, 31% of US babies named Thai were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Thai is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 310,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 240,000 to 1 in 390,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ThaiCanadaBoys—too few
ThaiEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ThaiEngland & WalesBoys—too few
ThaiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ThaiNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ThaiUSGirls—too few
ThaiUSBoys#10,6956