Thayer is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #12389 for boy births in the United States, given to 15 babies. Thayer first appears in the data in 1912 and reached its peak in 2014 (52 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #12,389 |
| 2024 | 23 | #9,489 |
| 2023 | 20 | #10,352 |
| 2022 | 20 | #10,321 |
| 2021 | 27 | #8,404 |
| 2020 | 16 | #11,768 |
| 2019 | 49 | #5,684 |
| 2018 | 49 | #5,658 |
| 2017 | 52 | #5,418 |
| 2016 | 45 | #6,003 |
| 2015 | 52 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 52 | #5,458 |
| 2013 | 44 | #6,060 |
| 2012 | 36 | #7,062 |
| 2011 | 20 | #10,591 |
| 2010 | 18 | #11,541 |
| 2009 | 15 | #13,341 |
| 2008 | 12 | #15,559 |
| 2007 | 16 | #12,695 |
| 2006 | 13 | #14,264 |
| 2005 | 16 | #11,732 |
| 2004 | 10 | #15,961 |
| 2003 | 18 | #10,339 |
| 2002 | 14 | #12,081 |
| 2001 | 18 | #10,027 |
| 2000 | 16 | #10,668 |
| 1999 | 14 | #11,193 |
| 1998 | 10 | #13,728 |
| 1997 | 11 | #12,469 |
| 1996 | 13 | #10,876 |
| 1995 | 14 | #10,105 |
| 1994 | 16 | #9,286 |
| 1993 | 11 | #11,936 |
| 1992 | 12 | #11,111 |
| 1991 | 10 | #12,446 |
| 1990 | 20 | #7,471 |
| 1989 | 15 | #8,753 |
| 1988 | 10 | #10,881 |
| 1987 | 14 | #8,255 |
| 1986 | 10 | #10,082 |
| 1985 | 6 | #13,932 |
| 1984 | 19 | #6,245 |
| 1983 | 8 | #11,016 |
| 1982 | 5 | #15,635 |
| 1981 | 9 | #10,301 |
| 1980 | 11 | #8,997 |
| 1979 | 7 | #12,014 |
| 1978 | 6 | #12,667 |
| 1977 | 9 | #9,551 |
| 1976 | 10 | #8,526 |
| 1975 | 8 | #9,752 |
| 1974 | 7 | #10,306 |
| 1973 | 8 | #9,160 |
| 1972 | 11 | #7,353 |
| 1971 | 6 | #10,892 |
| 1970 | 11 | #7,191 |
| 1969 | 12 | #6,360 |
| 1968 | 6 | #9,280 |
| 1967 | 8 | #7,453 |
| 1966 | 10 | #6,426 |
| 1965 | 12 | #5,770 |
| 1964 | 7 | #8,142 |
| 1963 | 13 | #5,612 |
| 1962 | 15 | #5,114 |
| 1961 | 12 | #5,845 |
| 1958 | 6 | #8,373 |
| 1957 | 9 | #6,579 |
| 1956 | 7 | #7,530 |
| 1954 | 5 | #8,916 |
| 1953 | 6 | #7,893 |
| 1951 | 8 | #6,450 |
| 1950 | 7 | #6,886 |
| 1949 | 5 | #8,384 |
| 1948 | 8 | #6,259 |
| 1947 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1946 | 15 | #4,163 |
| 1944 | 8 | #5,649 |
| 1943 | 5 | #7,666 |
| 1942 | 9 | #5,392 |
| 1941 | 8 | #5,590 |
| 1940 | 8 | #5,499 |
| 1939 | 6 | #6,471 |
| 1938 | 9 | #5,101 |
| 1936 | 11 | #4,473 |
| 1935 | 7 | #5,995 |
| 1934 | 7 | #6,006 |
| 1933 | 9 | #5,112 |
| 1931 | 6 | #6,745 |
| 1930 | 8 | #5,985 |
| 1929 | 12 | #4,638 |
| 1927 | 5 | #8,361 |
| 1926 | 9 | #5,838 |
| 1925 | 8 | #6,442 |
| 1924 | 12 | #5,063 |
| 1923 | 5 | #8,595 |
| 1922 | 10 | #5,678 |
| 1921 | 8 | #6,518 |
| 1920 | 10 | #5,612 |
| 1919 | 11 | #5,116 |
| 1918 | 17 | #3,913 |
| 1917 | 10 | #5,246 |
| 1916 | 9 | #5,519 |
| 1915 | 8 | #5,713 |
| 1914 | 5 | #6,599 |
| 1913 | 8 | #4,341 |
| 1912 | 6 | #4,971 |