Given name & surname
Thang
“one who is victorious”
Thang is used as a given name and a surname. One Vietnamese interpretation is “one who is victorious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “one who is victorious.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Vietnamese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thang through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 796
- 767 boys · 29 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 28
- #3,936 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 28 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,936 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 44 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,398 as a first name in 2020; 7,126 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Thang’s family of names
In Indonesian usage, Thang as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Teng. In English usage, Thang as a surname has a related form in MEITEI. In Indonesian usage, Thang as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with THENG.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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