Thalia
#647 for girls in 2025, 446 births
- Peak · girls
- 1993 · 700 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,264since 1885
Thalia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Thalia has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #647 | 446 |
| 2024 | #653 | 450 |
| 2023 | #570 | 522 |
| 2022 | #640 | 461 |
| 2021 | #717 | 399 |
| 2020 | #802 | 338 |
| 2019 | #830 | 327 |
| 2018 | #756 | 360 |
| 2017 | #785 | 350 |
| 2016 | #808 | 352 |
| 2015 | #797 | 354 |
| 2014 | #741 | 377 |
| 2013 | #847 | 307 |
| 2012 | #924 | 278 |
| 2011 | #990 | 257 |
| 2010 | #944 | 272 |
| 2009 | #965 | 277 |
| 2008 | #875 | 318 |
| 2007 | #819 | 351 |
| 2006 | #771 | 357 |
| 2005 | #674 | 412 |
| 2004 | #574 | 495 |
| 2003 | #623 | 431 |
| 2002 | #605 | 423 |
| 2001 | #650 | 388 |
| 2000 | #630 | 398 |
| 1999 | #626 | 380 |
| 1998 | #624 | 377 |
| 1997 | #539 | 441 |
| 1996 | #488 | 488 |
| 1995 | #494 | 500 |
| 1994 | #640 | 340 |
| 1993 | #363 | 700 |
| 1992 | #749 | 280 |
| 1991 | #1,144 | 155 |
| 1990 | #1,127 | 154 |
| 1989 | #1,326 | 117 |
| 1988 | #1,178 | 129 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 |
| 1986 | #3,054 | 30 |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 |
| 1984 | #2,677 | 34 |
| 1983 | #2,398 | 39 |
| 1982 | #2,830 | 32 |
| 1981 | #2,563 | 36 |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 |
| 1979 | #2,387 | 39 |
| 1978 | #1,987 | 48 |
| 1977 | #2,026 | 47 |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 |
| 1974 | #2,100 | 39 |
| 1973 | #2,094 | 38 |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 |
| 1971 | #2,427 | 31 |
| 1970 | #2,307 | 33 |
| 1969 | #1,980 | 40 |
| 1968 | #1,975 | 37 |
| 1967 | #2,167 | 30 |
| 1966 | #1,827 | 39 |
| 1965 | #1,655 | 46 |
| 1964 | #1,708 | 46 |
| 1963 | #1,787 | 42 |
| 1962 | #1,732 | 43 |
| 1961 | #1,697 | 45 |
| 1960 | #1,138 | 91 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 |
| 1958 | #2,322 | 24 |
| 1957 | #1,628 | 44 |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 |
| 1955 | #1,774 | 35 |
| 1954 | #2,027 | 27 |
| 1953 | #2,071 | 25 |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 |
| 1951 | #1,637 | 34 |
| 1950 | #1,764 | 29 |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 |
| 1948 | #1,820 | 27 |
| 1947 | #1,790 | 29 |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #1,455 | 31 |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,745 | 21 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,316 | 31 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 |
| 1936 | #1,230 | 34 |
| 1935 | #1,418 | 27 |
| 1934 | #1,317 | 30 |
| 1933 | #1,158 | 37 |
| 1932 | #989 | 51 |
| 1931 | #1,258 | 33 |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 |
| 1927 | #1,486 | 30 |
| 1926 | #1,449 | 31 |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 |
| 1924 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1923 | #1,327 | 35 |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 |
| 1921 | #1,577 | 28 |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 |
| 1919 | #1,527 | 27 |
| 1918 | #1,566 | 26 |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 |
| 1916 | #1,408 | 27 |
| 1915 | #1,439 | 25 |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
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| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 2019
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Nebraska#421 · 1 in 1,487
- Connecticut#517 · 1 in 2,323
- Nevada#524 · 1 in 2,029
- Oregon#548 · 1 in 2,310
- Oklahoma#562 · 1 in 2,202
Best ever in a state: #150 in Rhode Island, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #421 | 5 | 1 in 1,487 |
| Connecticut | #517 | 5 | 1 in 2,323 |
| Nevada | #524 | 5 | 1 in 2,029 |
| Oregon | #548 | 6 | 1 in 2,310 |
| Oklahoma | #562 | 7 | 1 in 2,202 |
| Florida | #591 | 29 | 1 in 2,917 |
| California | #627 | 57 | 1 in 3,238 |
| Arizona | #630 | 10 | 1 in 2,862 |
| Massachusetts | #661 | 7 | 1 in 3,530 |
| Wisconsin | #669 | 7 | 1 in 3,113 |
| Maryland | #679 | 7 | 1 in 3,197 |
| North Carolina | #703 | 13 | 1 in 3,454 |
| Washington | #755 | 8 | 1 in 3,722 |
| Colorado | #758 | 6 | 1 in 3,664 |
| Michigan | #808 | 9 | 1 in 4,431 |
| Pennsylvania | #808 | 11 | 1 in 4,535 |
| Virginia | #861 | 8 | 1 in 4,411 |
| Illinois | #864 | 11 | 1 in 4,689 |
| Texas | #867 | 33 | 1 in 4,805 |
| Ohio | #893 | 10 | 1 in 5,056 |
| New York | #900 | 17 | 1 in 4,994 |
| Georgia | #1,494 | 5 | 1 in 9,273 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,047 (1885) | #1,047 |
| 1890s | 6 | #1,394 (1899) | #1,394 |
| 1900s | 48 | #1,154 (1906) | #1,530 |
| 1910s | 189 | #1,297 (1912) | #1,566 |
| 1920s | 300 | #1,206 (1924) | #1,501 |
| 1930s | 297 | #989 (1932) | #1,466 |
| 1940s | 263 | #1,455 (1944) | #1,742 |
| 1950s | 300 | #1,628 (1957) | #1,941 |
| 1960s | 459 | #1,138 (1960) | #1,767 |
| 1970s | 370 | #1,987 (1978) | #2,263 |
| 1980s | 512 | #1,178 (1988) | #2,484 |
| 1990s | 3,815 | #363 (1993) | #679 |
| 2000s | 3,850 | #574 (2004) | #719 |
| 2010s | 3,234 | #741 (2014) | #842 |
| 2020s | 2,616 | #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 2019
girls
#830
327 births · 1 in 5,133 girls
Top girls' names in 2019
More about 2019
girls
1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 5,133 of them was named Thalia, which outranked 95.4% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).