Thayer
Boy · THAY-er · English
Thayer is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Thayer mean?
English: English surname of uncertain origin
Sylvanus Thayer, an early superintendent of the US Military Academy, is known as the 'Father of West Point'.
- Say it
- THAY-er
Is Thayer a girl's or a boy's name?
Thayer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thayer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Thayer, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had fewer boys named Thayer than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Thayer in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thayer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 49 | #2,625 |
| 2018 | 42 | #2,847 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 45 | #2,688 |
| 2015 | 52 | #2,428 |
| 2014 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 2013 | 44 | #2,666 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
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