Thane
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- THAYN
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Thane is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “attendant, retainer”. In 2025 it ranked 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Thane mean?
Old English: from the title thane, Old English thegn
“attendant, retainer”
A thane was a landholding nobleman in Anglo-Saxon England and Scotland, as in Macbeth, Thane of Cawdor.
Is Thane a girl's or a boy's name?
Thane is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thane in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Thane in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thane in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Thane in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Thane, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,845th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 58 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had fewer boys named Thane than any year since 1998.
Half of all the boys named Thane in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thane in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 42 | #2,960 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,861 |
| 2020 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 2019 | 42 | #2,896 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 49 | #2,565 |
| 2016 | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,275 |
| 2014 | 51 | #2,459 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,277 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 48 | #2,546 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 48 | #2,584 |
| 2008 | 43 | #2,787 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2006 | 48 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,839 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,151 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 39 | #2,421 |
| 1999 | 38 | #2,344 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,068 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,495 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,342 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 28 | #2,192 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,913 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 24 | #1,817 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,680 |
| 1971 | 36 | #1,415 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 26 | #1,604 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,233 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,150 |
| 1966 | 31 | #1,372 |
| 1965 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,198 |
| 1963 | 45 | #1,150 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,146 |
| 1961 | 33 | #1,387 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,340 |
| 1959 | 26 | #1,558 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,643 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,018 |
| 1956 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1955 | 22 | #1,645 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,667 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
Names like Thane
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Thane
More Old English names
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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, “Thane: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/thane, updated 20 October 2026.