Thalia

#647 for girls in 2025, 446 births

Peak · girls
#363
1993 · 700 births
Debut · girls
1885
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,264
since 1885

Thalia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Thalia has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #363, 1993girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#647446
2024#653450
2023#570522
2022#640461
2021#717399
2020#802338
2019#830327
2018#756360
2017#785350
2016#808352
2015#797354
2014#741377
2013#847307
2012#924278
2011#990257
2010#944272
2009#965277
2008#875318
2007#819351
2006#771357
2005#674412
2004#574495
2003#623431
2002#605423
2001#650388
2000#630398
1999#626380
1998#624377
1997#539441
1996#488488
1995#494500
1994#640340
1993#363700
1992#749280
1991#1,144155
1990#1,127154
1989#1,326117
1988#1,178129
1987#3,03131
1986#3,05430
1985#3,24627
1984#2,67734
1983#2,39839
1982#2,83032
1981#2,56336
1980#2,53737
1979#2,38739
1978#1,98748
1977#2,02647
1976#2,38734
1975#2,51631
1974#2,10039
1973#2,09438
1972#2,39830
1971#2,42731
1970#2,30733
1969#1,98040
1968#1,97537
1967#2,16730
1966#1,82739
1965#1,65546
1964#1,70846
1963#1,78742
1962#1,73243
1961#1,69745
1960#1,13891
1959#2,05430
1958#2,32224
1957#1,62844
1956#2,00529
1955#1,77435
1954#2,02727
1953#2,07125
1952#2,12623
1951#1,63734
1950#1,76429
1949#1,66632
1948#1,82027
1947#1,79029
1946#1,67828
1945#2,59812
1944#1,45531
1943#1,49231
1942#1,70624
1941#1,47228
1940#1,74521
1939#1,79719
1938#1,31631
1937#2,57011
1936#1,23034
1935#1,41827
1934#1,31730
1933#1,15837
1932#98951
1931#1,25833
1930#1,60724
1929#1,70422
1928#1,50228
1927#1,48630
1926#1,44931
1925#1,40933
1924#1,20643
1923#1,32735
1922#1,68225
1921#1,57728
1920#1,66625
1919#1,52727
1918#1,56626
1917#1,77320
1916#1,40827
1915#1,43925
1914#1,74015
1913#2,03410
1912#1,29717
1911#1,54510
1910#1,33512
1909#1,7637
1908#1,35710
1907#2,0615
1906#1,15411
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1904#1,2519
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1902#1,5946
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1899#1,3946
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Thalia! It came in at #1,047, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1885–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Thalia is popular in 1949

No state had 5 or more girls named Thalia in 1949, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Thalia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#653 → #647)
  • 155 spots since 2020 (#802 → #647)
  • 150 spots since 2015 (#797 → #647)
  • Biggest jump: 395 spots in 1992 (#1,144 → #749)
  • Biggest drop: 277 spots in 1994 (#363 → #640)
Rise & fade · girls
108 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1993 at #363 (700 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1992–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,584
  • Highest: 1 in 2,584 girls born in 1993 were named Thalia (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,604 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 23.7% of all girls named Thalia (3,850) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,047 (1885)#1,047
1890s6#1,394 (1899)#1,394
1900s48#1,154 (1906)#1,530
1910s189#1,297 (1912)#1,566
1920s300#1,206 (1924)#1,501
1930s297#989 (1932)#1,466
1940s263#1,455 (1944)#1,742
1950s300#1,628 (1957)#1,941
1960s459#1,138 (1960)#1,767
1970s370#1,987 (1978)#2,263
1980s512#1,178 (1988)#2,484
1990s3,815#363 (1993)#679
2000s3,850#574 (2004)#719
2010s3,234#741 (2014)#842
2020s2,616#570 (2023)#672

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.

Thalia in 1949

girls
#1,666
32 births · 1 in 53,465 girls

Top girls' names in 1949

  1. #1Linda91,015
  2. #2Mary66,874
  3. #3Patricia46,324
  4. #4Barbara42,600
  5. #5Susan37,709
  6. #6Sandra30,643
  7. #7Nancy29,249
  8. #8Carol26,780
  9. #9Kathleen26,357
  10. #10Sharon25,713
  11. #1,666Thalia32
More about 1949

girls

1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 53,465 of them was named Thalia, which outranked 72.5% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thalia
  1. #1,627Thresa33
  2. #1,627Vivien33
  3. #1,627Wilhelmenia33
  4. #1,666Thalia32
  5. #1,666Allyn32
  6. #1,666Arnita32
  7. #1,666Belen32
  8. #1,697Adelita31
  9. #1,697Adella31
  10. #1,697Anastasia31

Tied with 30 names at #1,666; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. ↑ 937Sharman#1,708 → #771
  2. ↑ 665Roseanna#1,422 → #757
  3. ↑ 483Shauna#1,173 → #690
  4. ↑ 293Jacalyn#1,116 → #823
  5. ↑ 267Sanjuana#1,185 → #918
Fallers
  1. ↓ 339Sandie#939 → #1,278
  2. ↓ 296Syble#955 → #1,251
  3. ↓ 272Shirleen#964 → #1,236
  4. ↓ 266Ginny#734 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 260Dina#861 → #1,121

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1949 →