Thai
Meaning
grand, peaceful, prosperous; written Thái
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Thai has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
94 people · the #43,073 first name in Brazil · median age 26
Among people named Thai living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Thai
Most people given the name Thai in the United States were born between 1980 and 2009. The Thai you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Thai deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Thai truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Thai fits with your family’s names and surname.
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