Thanh

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Thanh: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Thanh: Recorded since 1954, it reached #329 in 1979, and it was last ranked in 2014.

2registrars recorded it
80times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#329highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2014

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
2014	#5691

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 33 of the 50 years from 1954 to 2003.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1954–2014 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1954
First recorded at #433 among girls in Norway in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1954–2003
Highest recorded position: #329 among girls in Norway, in 1979 (recorded 1954–2003).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2014
Most recently recorded at #5691 among girls in England and Wales, in 2014.
England and Wales · Girls

Thanh appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 41 years beginning in 1954, and has registered 289 births with the name.

Thanh across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Thanh's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#433 (1954)	#329 (1979)	#616 (2003)	33 of 50	195 (1954–2003)	13 (1979)
Norway · Boys	#339 (1954)	#330 (1962)	#523 (2001)	41 of 48	289 (1954–2001)	13 (1972)
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#3824 (1997)	#5691 (2014)	2 of 18	6 (1997–2014)	3 (1997)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#2087 (2006)	#4647 (2011)	4 of 16	17 (1996–2011)	8 (2006)

Thanh by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Thanh in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	35	5 of 10	7
1960sbusiest	80	10 of 10	8
1970s	71	9 of 10	8
1980s	61	9 of 10	7
1990s	37	7 of 10	5
2000s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Thanh appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1954 to 2014. Highest recorded position: #329 in Norway in 1979.

Thanh's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#616	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#523	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#483	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#655	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#609	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#500	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#510	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#633	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#681	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#516	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#576	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#597	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#546	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#590	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#416	10	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#595	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#562	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#545	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#676	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#638	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#454	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#624	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#516	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#673	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#512	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#468	8	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#648	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#570	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#654	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#553	6	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#329	13	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#398	11	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#410	9	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#639	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#439	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#487	7	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#480	7	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#472	8	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#580	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#580	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#468	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#424	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#412	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#333	13	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#546	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#489	7	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#396	9	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#475	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#370	9	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#335	12	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#445	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#522	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#582	4	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#380	9	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#473	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#430	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#363	9	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#539	4	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#348	10	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#482	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#354	9	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#519	4	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#330	10	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#507	4	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#495	4	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#494	4	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#425	6	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#404	6	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#475	4	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#368	7	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#336	8	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#351	7	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#433	4	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#339	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1954 and 2014, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #329, first reached in 1979.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in Norway in 1972.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 42 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Thandiwe · #2278, 22y
Thane · #2501, 18y
Tharun · #1666, 22y
Thea · #1, 63y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

My · #329, 54y
Mahamed · #327, 51y
Mostafa · #327, 47y
Violeta · #338, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

My · #329, 54y
Ahmet · #327, 65y
Mostafa · #327, 47y
Rainer · #332, 35y

Thanh was ranked #329 in Norway · Girls in 1979. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Thanh and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Thanh without appearing here.

Thanh moved ahead of

Vigdis Compare
In 1992 they stood at #681 and #454 in Norway · Girls; by 1993 that had become #510 and #676.
Matthew Compare
In 1996 they stood at #609 and #460 in Norway · Boys; by 1997 that had become #483 and #582.
Nathan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #609 and #426 in Norway · Boys; by 1997 that had become #483 and #528.
Janet Compare
In 1987 they stood at #638 and #565 in Norway · Girls; by 1988 that had become #595 and #622.

Moved ahead of Thanh

Vilde Compare
In 1982 they stood at #468 and #474 in Norway · Girls; by 1983 that had become #673 and #329.
Vanessa Compare
In 1979 they stood at #329 and #459 in Norway · Girls; by 1980 that had become #654 and #333.
Oliver Compare
In 1989 they stood at #416 and #434 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #546 and #231.
Natalie Compare
In 1979 they stood at #329 and #424 in Norway · Girls; by 1980 that had become #654 and #343.

Moved the opposite way to Thanh

Anette Compare
Between 1954 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Thanh went from #433 to #616 while Anette went from #335 to #98.
Anna Compare
Between 1954 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Thanh went from #433 to #616 while Anna went from #69 to #10.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1954 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Thanh went from #433 to #616 while Cecilie went from #232 to #103.
Christina Compare
Between 1954 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Thanh went from #433 to #616 while Christina went from #320 to #83.

Moved the same way as Thanh

Anita Compare
Between 1954 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Thanh went from #433 to #616 and Anita from #63 to #242.
Ann Compare
Between 1954 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Thanh went from #433 to #616 and Ann from #34 to #243.
Anne Compare
Between 1954 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Thanh went from #433 to #616 and Anne from #1 to #55.
Annie Compare
Between 1954 and 2003 in Norway · Girls, Thanh went from #433 to #616 and Annie from #154 to #410.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1954 to 2014. Highest recorded position: #329 in Norway in 1979. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Thanh

Thanh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Thanh across 4 official records

Thanh by decade in Norway · Boys

Thanh appears in

Popularity data

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Thanh at a glance

Thanh across 4 official records

Thanh by decade in Norway · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Thanh moved ahead of

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