Thayne
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- THAYN
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Thayne is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “retainer, landholding nobleman”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Thayne mean?
Old English: variant of Thane, from thegn
“retainer, landholding nobleman”
A thane held land from the king in Anglo-Saxon England; Shakespeare's Macbeth is Thane of Glamis.
Is Thayne a girl's or a boy's name?
Thayne is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thayne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Thayne, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Thayne in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thayne in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 27 | #2,635 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,822 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,514 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
Names like Thayne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tate Luke Chase Cole Blake Jace Lane Bryce Kyle Trace Shane Chance
Names related to Thayne
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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, “Thayne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/thayne, updated 20 October 2026.