Thai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TY
- Origin
- Vietnamese
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Thai is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “great, peaceful”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Thai mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese Thái, from a Sino-Vietnamese word
“great, peaceful”
A Vietnamese name, usually from a Sino-Vietnamese word for great or peaceful; Thái is also a Vietnamese family name.
Is Thai a girl's or a boy's name?
Thai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thai in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Thai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2009, 8% of the babies named Thai in the UK were girls.
Thai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | #6,336 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,067 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Thai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Thai, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer boys named Thai than any year since 1975.
Half of all the boys named Thai in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 401 boys in the US were given Thai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #646, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
In 2011, 29% of the babies named Thai in the US were girls.
Thai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,610 |
| 2004 | 42 | #2,565 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,737 |
| 2000 | 42 | #2,294 |
| 1999 | 35 | #2,506 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,205 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,400 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,165 |
| 1986 | 38 | #1,661 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,291 |
| 1983 | 40 | #1,515 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
Names like Thai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tai, Minh, Kai, Yug, Loki, Sami, Yusuf, Anh, Jai, Rumi, Tadhg, Shay
Other spellings of Thai
Names related to Thai
More Vietnamese names
An, Vy, Khoi, Khang, Ngoc, Can, Nhi, Nam, Thang, Khoa, Vinh, Phuong, Nguyen, Liem, Duy, Le
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Thai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/thai, updated 20 October 2026.