Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Thao

Gender

Male

Origin

Vietnamese
courtesy

Pronunciation

tha()-thao

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1991 (rank #3633, 16 births); most recent 2025 (rank #12008, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1984 (rank #1838, 58 births); most recent 2017 (rank #15899, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20255–
2024––
2023––
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019––
2018––
2017–5
2016––

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #3141, 4 births); most recent 2024 (rank #5890, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
20243
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #434, 119 births); most recent 2023 (rank #551, 79 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #4137, 5 births); most recent 2020 (rank #5359, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
202379–
2022113–
2021119–
2020963
2019100–
201895–
201795–
201674–
201571–
2014755

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence