Althea
#1,299 for girls in 2025, 171 births · Last seen for boys in 1924 at #4,347
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1920 · 336 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 17,980since 1880
Althea over time
Rank among girls' names. Althea has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,299 | 171 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,398 | 160 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,348 | 167 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,343 | 175 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,476 | 145 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,398 | 156 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,355 | 167 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,386 | 162 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,460 | 154 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,667 | 128 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,643 | 130 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,096 | 92 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,953 | 101 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,495 | 73 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,511 | 72 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,341 | 81 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,510 | 75 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,957 | 59 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,047 | 57 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,978 | 57 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,524 | 68 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,526 | 66 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,393 | 69 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,745 | 55 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,766 | 53 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,277 | 68 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,405 | 61 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,398 | 58 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,511 | 51 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,630 | 47 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,932 | 40 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,988 | 39 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,451 | 51 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,920 | 40 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,484 | 50 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,289 | 55 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,873 | 70 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,093 | 55 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,276 | 47 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,116 | 50 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,283 | 44 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,593 | 70 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,047 | 49 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,050 | 50 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,396 | 88 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,657 | 69 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,605 | 70 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,653 | 64 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,440 | 77 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,307 | 83 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,381 | 76 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,094 | 106 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,151 | 95 | — | |
| 1972 | #888 | 142 | — | |
| 1971 | #931 | 139 | — | |
| 1970 | #884 | 150 | — | |
| 1969 | #826 | 155 | — | |
| 1968 | #684 | 202 | — | |
| 1967 | #659 | 211 | — | |
| 1966 | #765 | 164 | — | |
| 1965 | #674 | 213 | — | |
| 1964 | #854 | 149 | — | |
| 1963 | #912 | 133 | — | |
| 1962 | #825 | 161 | — | |
| 1961 | #761 | 187 | — | |
| 1960 | #692 | 216 | — | |
| 1959 | #681 | 217 | — | |
| 1958 | #595 | 278 | — | |
| 1957 | #509 | 352 | — | |
| 1956 | #475 | 388 | — | |
| 1955 | #580 | 248 | — | |
| 1954 | #506 | 308 | — | |
| 1953 | #546 | 254 | — | |
| 1952 | #465 | 328 | — | |
| 1951 | #455 | 333 | — | |
| 1950 | #462 | 309 | — | |
| 1949 | #545 | 235 | — | |
| 1948 | #761 | 126 | — | |
| 1947 | #803 | 118 | — | |
| 1946 | #723 | 125 | — | |
| 1945 | #712 | 110 | — | |
| 1944 | #715 | 111 | — | |
| 1943 | #718 | 115 | — | |
| 1942 | #689 | 116 | — | |
| 1941 | #651 | 118 | — | |
| 1940 | #693 | 101 | — | |
| 1939 | #643 | 113 | — | |
| 1938 | #629 | 119 | — | |
| 1937 | #551 | 148 | — | |
| 1936 | #593 | 124 | — | |
| 1935 | #540 | 141 | — | |
| 1934 | #501 | 165 | — | |
| 1933 | #501 | 163 | — | |
| 1932 | #510 | 164 | — | |
| 1931 | #517 | 160 | — | |
| 1930 | #506 | 175 | — | |
| 1929 | #480 | 198 | — | |
| 1928 | #492 | 196 | — | |
| 1927 | #425 | 263 | — | |
| 1926 | #449 | 226 | — | |
| 1925 | #428 | 258 | — | |
| 1924 | #421 | 275 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #421 | 254 | — | |
| 1922 | #399 | 274 | — | |
| 1921 | #379 | 311 | — | |
| 1920 | #356 | 336 | — | |
| 1919 | #399 | 261 | — | |
| 1918 | #363 | 318 | — | |
| 1917 | #388 | 265 | — | |
| 1916 | #386 | 265 | — | |
| 1915 | #368 | 266 | — | |
| 1914 | #378 | 199 | — | |
| 1913 | #416 | 141 | — | |
| 1912 | #404 | 131 | — | |
| 1911 | #467 | 77 | — | |
| 1910 | #412 | 91 | — | |
| 1909 | #426 | 75 | — | |
| 1908 | #444 | 66 | — | |
| 1907 | #517 | 48 | — | |
| 1906 | #465 | 53 | — | |
| 1905 | #497 | 46 | — | |
| 1904 | #484 | 46 | — | |
| 1903 | #457 | 49 | — | |
| 1902 | #490 | 41 | — | |
| 1901 | #499 | 37 | — | |
| 1900 | #589 | 35 | — | |
| 1899 | #455 | 41 | — | |
| 1898 | #555 | 33 | — | |
| 1897 | #554 | 29 | — | |
| 1896 | #487 | 36 | — | |
| 1895 | #520 | 32 | — | |
| 1894 | #429 | 42 | — | |
| 1893 | #594 | 23 | — | |
| 1892 | #503 | 29 | — | |
| 1891 | #395 | 39 | — | |
| 1890 | #599 | 19 | — | |
| 1889 | #439 | 30 | — | |
| 1888 | #548 | 21 | — | |
| 1887 | #524 | 18 | — | |
| 1886 | #508 | 19 | — | |
| 1885 | #576 | 14 | — | |
| 1884 | #583 | 13 | — | |
| 1883 | #536 | 13 | — | |
| 1882 | #560 | 11 | — | |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 | — | |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Althea was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 12 girls a year got the name.
Where Althea is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Florida#618 · 1 in 4,917
- New York#777 · 1 in 6,756
- New Jersey#813 · 1 in 7,453
- Illinois#1,255 · 1 in 15,030
- California#1,709 · 1 in 22,661
Best ever in a state: #83 in Maine, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Florida | #618 | 11 | 1 in 4,917 |
| New York | #777 | 15 | 1 in 6,756 |
| New Jersey | #813 | 5 | 1 in 7,453 |
| Illinois | #1,255 | 5 | 1 in 15,030 |
| California | #1,709 | 8 | 1 in 22,661 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Althea
- 99 spots since 2024 (#1,398 → #1,299)
- 99 spots since 2020 (#1,398 → #1,299)
- 344 spots since 2015 (#1,643 → #1,299)
- Biggest jump: 216 spots in 1949 (#761 → #545)
- Biggest drop: 263 spots in 1973 (#888 → #1,151)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1920 at #356 (336 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1972
- Highest: 1 in 3,566 girls born in 1920 were named Althea (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,399 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 16.8% of all girls named Althea (3,015) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 156 | #439 (1889) | #548 |
| 1890s | 323 | #395 (1891) | #509 |
| 1900s | 496 | #426 (1909) | #487 |
| 1910s | 2,014 | #363 (1918) | #398 |
| 1920s | 2,591 | #356 (1920) | #425 |
| 1930s | 1,472 | #501 (1934) | #549 |
| 1940s | 1,275 | #545 (1949) | #701 |
| 1950s | 3,015 | #455 (1951) | #527 |
| 1960s | 1,791 | #659 (1967) | #765 |
| 1970s | 1,002 | #884 (1970) | #1,233 |
| 1980s | 592 | #1,396 (1981) | #1,938 |
| 1990s | 492 | #2,289 (1990) | #2,601 |
| 2000s | 627 | #2,277 (2000) | #2,672 |
| 2010s | 1,160 | #1,355 (2019) | #1,891 |
| 2020s | 974 | #1,299 (2025) | #1,377 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Althea in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 18,955 of them was named Althea, which outranked 88.6% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,382Talitha89
- #1,382Tyler89
- #1,382Yajaira89
- #1,396Althea88
- #1,396Ambar88
- #1,396Corrina88
- #1,396Danita88
- #1,406Ashlea87
- #1,406Carlene87
- #1,406Chanell87
Tied with 9 names at #1,396; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.