Theda
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1919 · 356 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,556since 1880
Theda over time
Rank among girls' names. Theda 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 |
| 1969 | #2,585 | 26 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 |
| 1965 | #2,154 | 30 |
| 1964 | #1,947 | 37 |
| 1963 | #2,172 | 30 |
| 1962 | #1,989 | 34 |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 |
| 1960 | #1,789 | 40 |
| 1959 | #1,643 | 44 |
| 1958 | #1,791 | 37 |
| 1957 | #1,407 | 56 |
| 1956 | #1,413 | 55 |
| 1955 | #1,303 | 60 |
| 1954 | #1,285 | 59 |
| 1953 | #1,064 | 82 |
| 1952 | #1,210 | 62 |
| 1951 | #1,143 | 67 |
| 1950 | #1,041 | 77 |
| 1949 | #1,135 | 64 |
| 1948 | #993 | 77 |
| 1947 | #942 | 88 |
| 1946 | #1,078 | 62 |
| 1945 | #954 | 65 |
| 1944 | #953 | 66 |
| 1943 | #907 | 73 |
| 1942 | #954 | 67 |
| 1941 | #815 | 78 |
| 1940 | #739 | 87 |
| 1939 | #717 | 90 |
| 1938 | #756 | 84 |
| 1937 | #664 | 105 |
| 1936 | #723 | 84 |
| 1935 | #744 | 82 |
| 1934 | #665 | 102 |
| 1933 | #751 | 77 |
| 1932 | #663 | 103 |
| 1931 | #646 | 106 |
| 1930 | #675 | 103 |
| 1929 | #571 | 143 |
| 1928 | #600 | 138 |
| 1927 | #619 | 132 |
| 1926 | #523 | 179 |
| 1925 | #523 | 184 |
| 1924 | #501 | 198 |
| 1923 | #465 | 220 |
| 1922 | #483 | 204 |
| 1921 | #394 | 293 |
| 1920 | #385 | 290 |
| 1919 | #337 | 356 |
| 1918 | #349 | 354 |
| 1917 | #342 | 334 |
| 1916 | #350 | 315 |
| 1915 | #583 | 124 |
| 1914 | #1,034 | 33 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 |
| 1900 | #941 | 16 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Theda was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Theda is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Colorado#164 · 1 in 849
- Utah#171 · 1 in 743
- Kansas#176 · 1 in 1,057
- West Virginia#197 · 1 in 1,085
- Maine#206 · 1 in 1,144
Best ever in a state: #124 in Idaho, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | #164 | 8 | 1 in 849 |
| Utah | #171 | 6 | 1 in 743 |
| Kansas | #176 | 14 | 1 in 1,057 |
| West Virginia | #197 | 14 | 1 in 1,085 |
| Maine | #206 | 5 | 1 in 1,144 |
| Ohio | #222 | 26 | 1 in 1,845 |
| California | #236 | 12 | 1 in 1,630 |
| Nebraska | #237 | 7 | 1 in 1,609 |
| Washington | #237 | 5 | 1 in 1,677 |
| Indiana | #243 | 12 | 1 in 1,976 |
| Pennsylvania | #243 | 32 | 1 in 2,789 |
| Florida | #248 | 6 | 1 in 1,447 |
| Missouri | #262 | 15 | 1 in 1,923 |
| Iowa | #277 | 9 | 1 in 2,300 |
| Michigan | #293 | 11 | 1 in 2,934 |
| Massachusetts | #300 | 8 | 1 in 4,159 |
| Oklahoma | #325 | 8 | 1 in 2,292 |
| Texas | #337 | 23 | 1 in 1,958 |
| Louisiana | #359 | 7 | 1 in 2,533 |
| New York | #361 | 19 | 1 in 4,946 |
| Arkansas | #377 | 6 | 1 in 2,732 |
| Illinois | #400 | 11 | 1 in 5,266 |
| Virginia | #403 | 5 | 1 in 4,854 |
| Minnesota | #417 | 5 | 1 in 4,330 |
| Kentucky | #460 | 5 | 1 in 4,810 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Theda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 655 spots in 1900 (#1,596 → #941)
- Biggest drop: 286 spots in 1901 (#941 → #1,227)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1919 at #337 (356 births)
- Births halved by 1927, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1915–1945
- Highest: 1 in 3,174 girls born in 1919 were named Theda (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 30.2% of all girls named Theda (1,981) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #788 (1887) | #911 |
| 1890s | 42 | #1,037 (1897) | #1,421 |
| 1900s | 100 | #941 (1900) | #1,268 |
| 1910s | 1,583 | #337 (1919) | #790 |
| 1920s | 1,981 | #385 (1920) | #506 |
| 1930s | 936 | #646 (1931) | #700 |
| 1940s | 727 | #739 (1940) | #947 |
| 1950s | 599 | #1,041 (1950) | #1,330 |
| 1960s | 314 | #1,789 (1960) | #2,186 |
| 1970s | 135 | #3,577 (1970) | #4,549 |
| 1980s | 36 | #5,254 (1981) | #7,354 |
| 1990s | 39 | #9,336 (1991) | #11,305 |
| 2000s | 6 | #15,491 (2007) | #15,491 |
| 2010s | 29 | #12,448 (2019) | #14,893 |
| 2020s | 10 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,170 |
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.
Theda in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
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1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 3,315 of them was named Theda, which outranked 93.2% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.