How Many People Are Named Thane?
An estimated 2,315 people in the United States have the first name Thane. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 33 years old, and Thane peaked in popularity in 2015 with 58 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Thane as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Thane paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,315
About 1 in 148,058 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
33
years old
Peak Year
2015
58 births
Total Registered
2,570
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Thane
Thane is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 2,570 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Thane as a male name
Ranked #2,983 in 2024
42 male births in 2024
Peak: 2015 (58 births)
Thane: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Thane span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 490 babies were registered. While Thane is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Thane by Decade
How has Thane tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Thane by State
Birth registrations for Thane span all 11 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Ohio, Florida. The lowest are in Montana, Idaho, Arizona. On average, about 12 Thanes were registered per state.
Thane + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Thane as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Thane
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Thane: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Thane?
We estimate approximately 2,315 people named Thane are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 148,058 Americans share this first name.
Is Thane a common name?
Thane is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,570 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Thane most popular?
Thane reached peak popularity in 2015, when 58 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Thane is approximately 33 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Thane a male name?
Thane is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Thane Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Thane Smith, Thane Johnson, Thane Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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