Thanh comes from the Vietnamese tradition, meaning Delicate Sky.
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How popular is Thanh?
1982peak year
Today, Thanh is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #11772), with only about 6 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1982, 74 babies were given the name (ranked #1061 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1980s. In all, around 1,749 babies have been registered as Thanh since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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