Thanh
Thanh is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
- Vietnamese
Meaning & Origin of Thanh
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Thanh is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Vietnamese
The Story of Thanh
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Thanh as a girl name dates back to 1976, when 12 babies received it. 1985 was its biggest year on record, with 40 newborns named Thanh — #2,439 in the national rankings. About 46% of every Thanh on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Thanh last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 650 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Thanh on the record books as a boy name in 1976, with 12 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1982, when 74 Thanhs were born — ranking #1,059 that year. About 45% of every Thanh on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Thanh last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Thanh
Thanh is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Thanh's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #1,059. Use the chart and map above to compare Thanh's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.