Thea
#353 for girls in 2025, 867 births · Last seen for boys in 1924 at #4,347
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2017 · 1,193 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 20,113since 1880
Thea over time
Rank among girls' names. Thea has never cracked the top 200 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 | #353 | 867 | — | |
| 2024 | #348 | 897 | — | |
| 2023 | #320 | 974 | — | |
| 2022 | #300 | 1,066 | — | |
| 2021 | #314 | 1,033 | — | |
| 2020 | #302 | 1,071 | — | |
| 2019 | #293 | 1,142 | — | |
| 2018 | #273 | 1,209 | — | |
| 2017 | #268 | 1,193 | — | |
| 2016 | #291 | 1,121 | — | |
| 2015 | #463 | 688 | — | |
| 2014 | #768 | 364 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,133 | 213 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,279 | 187 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,515 | 146 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,536 | 145 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,444 | 161 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,554 | 148 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,672 | 132 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,608 | 133 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,565 | 130 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,387 | 150 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,358 | 149 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,520 | 124 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,506 | 124 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,588 | 111 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,770 | 90 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,992 | 75 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,741 | 88 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,599 | 97 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,028 | 67 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,188 | 61 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,438 | 112 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,575 | 98 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,314 | 126 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,219 | 138 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,250 | 126 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,368 | 104 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,630 | 75 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,552 | 78 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,505 | 81 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,323 | 92 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,475 | 78 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,138 | 123 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,064 | 133 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,068 | 132 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,161 | 114 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,135 | 114 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,206 | 101 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,172 | 97 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,219 | 94 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,124 | 103 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,231 | 85 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,219 | 87 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,074 | 112 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,144 | 101 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,139 | 95 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,022 | 103 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,060 | 96 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,031 | 101 | — | |
| 1965 | #933 | 119 | — | |
| 1964 | #969 | 119 | — | |
| 1963 | #983 | 117 | — | |
| 1962 | #934 | 129 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,014 | 114 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,043 | 106 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,018 | 108 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,051 | 99 | — | |
| 1957 | #918 | 124 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,058 | 93 | — | |
| 1955 | #834 | 135 | — | |
| 1954 | #984 | 98 | — | |
| 1953 | #954 | 98 | — | |
| 1952 | #914 | 102 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,010 | 85 | — | |
| 1950 | #988 | 85 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,289 | 50 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,209 | 56 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,270 | 51 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,179 | 53 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,433 | 32 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,305 | 39 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,387 | 34 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,101 | 45 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,170 | 39 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,350 | 30 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 37 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,233 | 40 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,883 | 21 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,723 | 25 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,577 | 28 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,689 | 21 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,480 | 19 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,178 | 20 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #936 | 14 | — | |
| 1901 | #857 | 15 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #982 | 11 | — | |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 | — | |
| 1895 | #596 | 26 | — | |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 | — | |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1888 | #690 | 14 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 | — | |
| 1885 | #745 | 9 | — | |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | — | |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | — | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Thea was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1898, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Thea is popular in 1939
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#532 · 1 in 9,466
Best ever in a state: #50 in North Dakota, 2017.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #532 | 9 | 1 in 9,466 |
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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 Thea
- 5 spots since 2024 (#348 → #353)
- 51 spots since 2020 (#302 → #353)
- 110 spots since 2015 (#463 → #353)
- Biggest jump: 704 spots in 1901 (#1,561 → #857)
- Biggest drop: 403 spots in 1896 (#596 → #999)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2017 at #268 (1,193 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 2014–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,407 girls born in 2018 were named Thea (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,854 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- Its best rank, #268 in 2017, was only 1 in 1,447 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.9% of all girls named Thea (6,408) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 86 | #686 (1884) | #774 |
| 1890s | 105 | #596 (1895) | #946 |
| 1900s | 87 | #857 (1901) | #1,332 |
| 1910s | 157 | #1,178 (1912) | #1,760 |
| 1920s | 254 | #1,233 (1927) | #1,722 |
| 1930s | 207 | #1,350 (1939) | #1,766 |
| 1940s | 431 | #1,101 (1941) | #1,276 |
| 1950s | 1,027 | #834 (1955) | #973 |
| 1960s | 1,099 | #933 (1965) | #1,013 |
| 1970s | 1,008 | #1,074 (1971) | #1,169 |
| 1980s | 1,022 | #1,064 (1981) | #1,337 |
| 1990s | 952 | #1,219 (1990) | #1,686 |
| 2000s | 1,362 | #1,358 (2003) | #1,520 |
| 2010s | 6,408 | #268 (2017) | #782 |
| 2020s | 5,908 | #300 (2022) | #323 |
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.
Thea in 1939
Top girls' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 36,554 of them was named Thea, which outranked 72.7% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,327Veta31
- #1,327Willadean31
- #1,327Willodean31
- #1,350Thea30
- #1,350Arlette30
- #1,350Carlyn30
- #1,350Chris30
- #1,378Alline29
- #1,378Angelica29
- #1,378Bethany29
Tied with 27 names at #1,350; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.