Thao
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Thao is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “grass, herb”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Thao mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese thao, from Chinese 'grass, herb'
“grass, herb”
The Vietnamese word thao means grass or herb, and also dutiful, as in a devoted child.
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Is Thao a girl's or a boy's name?
Thao is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thao in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Thao, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1989, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had more boys named Thao than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Thao in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1999, 85% of the babies named Thao in the US were girls.
Thao in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
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