Thais
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Thais is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Thais mean?
Greek
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Thais a girl's or a boy's name?
Thais is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thais in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Thais, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Thais than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Thais in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Thais in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
How popular is Thais in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Thais, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 84 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the girls named Thais in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thais in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 47 | #3,065 |
| 2001 | 84 | #2,009 |
| 2000 | 63 | #2,422 |
| 1999 | 42 | #3,096 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1971 | 27 | #2,665 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,032 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,326 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,296 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,688 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,109 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,193 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,338 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,075 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,466 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,723 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,672 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,836 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,514 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,470 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,156 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,690 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,708 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,622 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,665 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,465 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
Names like Thais
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Iris, Phoebe, Thea, Lily, Maisie, Margot, Grace, Athena, Willow, Daphne, Lyla, Sophie
Names related to Thais
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Luke, Chloe, Zoe, Lainey, Elena, Atlas
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, “Thais: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/thais, updated 20 October 2026.