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Thais

Ancient Greek roots

femininemasculineLatin script

[ˈt̪ajs] · Spanish

Origin: Ancient Greek
5 language contexts: English Spanish German +2 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Thais

Thais is a feminine given name documented in English, Spanish, German and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek Θαΐς.

Separate records with matching spellings: Thaís (Portuguese), Thaïs (English, French)

Ancient Greek origin

Source-reported

From Ancient Greek Θαΐς (Thaḯs), became known as the name of the mistress of Alexander the Great.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Thais is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Thais’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 26 girls (rank 4987). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 19 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Thais

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 26; applications; Rank #4,987
Peak year: 2001; 84 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Thais in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	5	2,208	observed
1910	11	1,421	observed
1911	6	2,191	observed
1912	9	1,981	observed
1913	16	1,465	observed
1914	16	1,665	observed
1915	21	1,622	observed
1916	26	1,445	observed
1917	21	1,708	observed
1918	23	1,690	observed
1919	16	2,156	observed
1920	30	1,470	observed
1921	30	1,514	observed
1922	22	1,836	observed
1923	25	1,672	observed
1924	25	1,723	observed
1925	31	1,466	observed
1926	18	2,076	observed
1927	15	2,339	observed
1928	16	2,194	observed
1929	14	2,301	observed
1930	16	2,110	observed
1931	15	2,105	observed
1932	17	1,957	observed
1933	9	2,868	observed
1934	9	2,923	observed
1935	8	3,156	observed
1936	10	2,689	observed
1937	10	2,735	observed
1938	11	2,579	observed
1939	12	2,417	observed
1940	13	2,297	observed
1941	13	2,397	observed
1942	7	3,738	observed
1943	8	3,493	observed
1944	11	2,762	observed
1945	11	2,742	observed
1946	10	3,217	observed
1947	16	2,530	observed
1948	10	3,350	observed
1949	10	3,393	observed
1950	12	3,052	observed
1951	12	3,106	observed
1952	20	2,327	observed
1953	14	2,921	observed
1954	11	3,490	observed
1955	15	2,971	observed
1956	20	2,530	observed
1957	15	3,033	observed
1958	13	3,379	observed
1959	9	4,300	observed
1960	7	5,168	observed
1961	20	2,752	observed
1962	19	2,814	observed
1963	13	3,635	observed
1964	13	3,692	observed
1965	11	3,952	observed
1966	5	6,564	observed
1967	8	4,982	observed
1968	16	3,315	observed
1969	17	3,318	observed
1970	10	5,061	observed
1971	27	2,665	observed
1972	23	2,903	observed
1973	21	3,122	observed
1974	17	3,695	observed
1975	11	5,161	observed
1976	20	3,407	observed
1977	22	3,366	observed
1978	11	5,563	observed
1979	15	4,626	observed
1980	14	4,978	observed
1981	19	4,005	observed
1982	13	5,209	observed
1983	20	3,806	observed
1984	11	5,899	observed
1985	13	5,348	observed
1986	14	5,188	observed
1987	22	3,857	observed
1988	8	8,391	observed
1989	12	6,531	observed
1990	11	7,303	observed
1991	11	7,430	observed
1992	14	6,314	observed
1993	8	9,559	observed
1994	14	6,319	observed
1995	18	5,221	observed
1996	15	6,064	observed
1997	18	5,417	observed
1998	35	3,426	observed
1999	42	3,099	observed
2000	63	2,426	observed
2001	84	2,013	observed
2002	47	3,069	observed
2003	32	4,109	observed
2004	35	3,989	observed
2005	24	5,266	observed
2006	35	4,165	observed
2007	36	4,213	observed
2008	37	4,179	observed
2009	27	5,226	observed
2010	23	5,771	observed
2011	21	6,148	observed
2012	18	6,872	observed
2013	20	6,255	observed
2014	30	4,657	observed
2015	35	4,144	observed
2016	16	7,230	observed
2017	26	5,045	observed
2018	20	6,010	observed
2019	21	5,798	observed
2020	21	5,667	observed
2021	23	5,398	observed
2022	34	4,202	observed
2023	36	4,047	observed
2024	34	4,207	observed
2025	26	4,987	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Thais” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Thais with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q104321049CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates7

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Thais

Thais is a feminine given name documented in English, Spanish, German and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek Θαΐς.

Separate records with matching spellings: Thaís (Portuguese), Thaïs (English, French)

Ancient Greek origin

Source-reported

From Ancient Greek Θαΐς (Thaḯs), became known as the name of the mistress of Alexander the Great.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Thais is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Thais’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 26 girls (rank 4987). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 19 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Thais

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 26; applications; Rank #4,987
Peak year: 2001; 84 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Thais in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	5	2,208	observed
1910	11	1,421	observed
1911	6	2,191	observed
1912	9	1,981	observed
1913	16	1,465	observed
1914	16	1,665	observed
1915	21	1,622	observed
1916	26	1,445	observed
1917	21	1,708	observed
1918	23	1,690	observed
1919	16	2,156	observed
1920	30	1,470	observed
1921	30	1,514	observed
1922	22	1,836	observed
1923	25	1,672	observed
1924	25	1,723	observed
1925	31	1,466	observed
1926	18	2,076	observed
1927	15	2,339	observed
1928	16	2,194	observed
1929	14	2,301	observed
1930	16	2,110	observed
1931	15	2,105	observed
1932	17	1,957	observed
1933	9	2,868	observed
1934	9	2,923	observed
1935	8	3,156	observed
1936	10	2,689	observed
1937	10	2,735	observed
1938	11	2,579	observed
1939	12	2,417	observed
1940	13	2,297	observed
1941	13	2,397	observed
1942	7	3,738	observed
1943	8	3,493	observed
1944	11	2,762	observed
1945	11	2,742	observed
1946	10	3,217	observed
1947	16	2,530	observed
1948	10	3,350	observed
1949	10	3,393	observed
1950	12	3,052	observed
1951	12	3,106	observed
1952	20	2,327	observed
1953	14	2,921	observed
1954	11	3,490	observed
1955	15	2,971	observed
1956	20	2,530	observed
1957	15	3,033	observed
1958	13	3,379	observed
1959	9	4,300	observed
1960	7	5,168	observed
1961	20	2,752	observed
1962	19	2,814	observed
1963	13	3,635	observed
1964	13	3,692	observed
1965	11	3,952	observed
1966	5	6,564	observed
1967	8	4,982	observed
1968	16	3,315	observed
1969	17	3,318	observed
1970	10	5,061	observed
1971	27	2,665	observed
1972	23	2,903	observed
1973	21	3,122	observed
1974	17	3,695	observed
1975	11	5,161	observed
1976	20	3,407	observed
1977	22	3,366	observed
1978	11	5,563	observed
1979	15	4,626	observed
1980	14	4,978	observed
1981	19	4,005	observed
1982	13	5,209	observed
1983	20	3,806	observed
1984	11	5,899	observed
1985	13	5,348	observed
1986	14	5,188	observed
1987	22	3,857	observed
1988	8	8,391	observed
1989	12	6,531	observed
1990	11	7,303	observed
1991	11	7,430	observed
1992	14	6,314	observed
1993	8	9,559	observed
1994	14	6,319	observed
1995	18	5,221	observed
1996	15	6,064	observed
1997	18	5,417	observed
1998	35	3,426	observed
1999	42	3,099	observed
2000	63	2,426	observed
2001	84	2,013	observed
2002	47	3,069	observed
2003	32	4,109	observed
2004	35	3,989	observed
2005	24	5,266	observed
2006	35	4,165	observed
2007	36	4,213	observed
2008	37	4,179	observed
2009	27	5,226	observed
2010	23	5,771	observed
2011	21	6,148	observed
2012	18	6,872	observed
2013	20	6,255	observed
2014	30	4,657	observed
2015	35	4,144	observed
2016	16	7,230	observed
2017	26	5,045	observed
2018	20	6,010	observed
2019	21	5,798	observed
2020	21	5,667	observed
2021	23	5,398	observed
2022	34	4,202	observed
2023	36	4,047	observed
2024	34	4,207	observed
2025	26	4,987	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q104321049CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ThaisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates7

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Thais

Ancient Greek origin

Where Thais is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Thaïs

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Thais

Ancient Greek origin

Where Thais is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Thaïs

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page