girl's name

Thu

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 3
  • Births on record 988

Thu is a girl's name. In 2018 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1983, when 55 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1975.

Thu over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

378
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Thu by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 83
1980s 378
1990s 181
2000s 121
2010s (to 2018) 74

How popular is Thu?

In 2018, Thu was given to 12 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Thu is used

Canada #3,530 5 in 2007
France #3,906 5 in 1994
England & Wales #5,042 4 in 2007
United States #9,029 12 in 2018

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Thu

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Thu also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Thu over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Thu

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Thu — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Thu

How popular is the name Thu?

In 2018, Thu was given to 12 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Thu a girl's or a boy's name?

Thu is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Thu most popular?

Thu peaked in 1983, when 55 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.