Thailand
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TY-land
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Thailand is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “land of the Thai people”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Thailand mean?
English: English name of the country, from Thai and land
“land of the Thai people”
The kingdom formerly called Siam adopted the name Thailand in 1939.
Is Thailand a girl's or a boy's name?
Thailand is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thailand in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Thailand, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had the most boys named Thailand of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Thailand in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thailand in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
Names like Thailand
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Legend, Shepherd, Karter, River, Beckett, Oakland, Tatum, Beckham, Deacon, Sevyn, Colson, Truett
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Thailand: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/thailand, updated 20 October 2026.