Thao was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).
Thao as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#12,008 (5)
1999
#9,912 (5)
1998
#9,631 (5)
1996
#9,015 (5)
1995
#8,868 (5)
1994
#5,868 (9)
1993
#5,771 (9)
1992
#4,327 (13)
1991
#3,636 (16)
1990
#4,673 (11)
1989
#3,446 (16)
1988
#4,786 (9)
1987
#4,968 (8)
1986
#4,457 (9)
1985
#5,147 (7)
Thao as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Canada
2024
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#5,892 (3)
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2017
#15,902 (5)
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2015
#16,419 (5)
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2014
#13,069 (7)
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#3,316 (5)
2013
#13,150 (7)
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2012
#16,869 (5)
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2011
#11,181 (9)
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2010
#10,451 (10)
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2009
#13,704 (7)
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2008
#9,476 (12)
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2007
#9,007 (13)
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#2,449 (7)
2006
#12,420 (8)
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#2,972 (5)
2005
#10,128 (10)
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2004
#9,264 (11)
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2003
#6,885 (16)
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#1,597 (10)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1984 at #2,956.
First recorded in the US in 1979.
In 1999, 85% of US babies named Thao were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 330,000 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.
Across Canada
Province
Year
Rank
Babies
Ontario
2024
#676
17
Thã‰o (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.