Given name & surname
Thanh
“one who is accomplished”
Thanh is used as a given name and a surname. One Vietnamese interpretation is “one who is accomplished.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “one who is accomplished.”
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
Thanh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,749
- 1,099 boys · 650 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 103 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 63% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 74 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 22,782 as a first name in 2020; 449 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.
Thanh’s family of names
Thanh may belong to the same name family as THANHH. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Thanh
- Phùng Quang ThanhVietnamese defense minister (1949–2021)
- Huỳnh Quang ThanhVietnamese footballerborn 1984
- Lý Nhã KỳVietnamese actressborn 1982
- Tiana AlexandraVietnamese-American actressborn 1961
- Tăng Thanh HàVietnamese actress and modelborn 1986
- Thanh Hai NgoCanadian politicianborn 1947
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Thanh, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Khanh
“resembling a precious stone”
70% boys · 30% girls
Tam
“close to the heart” · “having heart”
52% boys · 48% girls
Hue
“resembling the lily flower”
84% boys · 16% girls
Hien
“a meek and gentle woman” · “a gentle and kind man”
48% boys · 52% girls
Tu
“one who is quick-minded”
73% boys · 27% girls
Tai
“a very big woman” · “one who is talented and prosperous”
80% boys · 20% girls
Hoa
“one who is peaceful; resembling a flower”
49% boys · 51% girls
Dung
“a brave man; a heroic man”
62% boys · 38% girls