Theora
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #11,122
- Peak · girls
- 1901 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 853since 1891
Theora over time
Rank among girls' names. Theora has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
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| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
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| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
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| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,434 | 29 |
| 1929 | #1,223 | 37 |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 |
| 1926 | #1,589 | 27 |
| 1925 | #1,700 | 25 |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 |
| 1919 | #1,270 | 36 |
| 1918 | #1,333 | 33 |
| 1917 | #1,337 | 30 |
| 1916 | #1,485 | 25 |
| 1915 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1914 | #1,228 | 25 |
| 1913 | #1,358 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | — | |
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| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | — | |
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| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Theora! It came in at #1,093, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1896, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Theora is popular in 1930
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#542 · 1 in 11,721
Best ever in a state: #542 in Pennsylvania, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #542 | 7 | 1 in 11,721 |
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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 Theora
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1901 at #1,067 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 23,935 girls born in 1901 were named Theora (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 202,524 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 27.1% of all girls named Theora (231) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 19 | #1,093 (1891) | #1,291 |
| 1900s | 63 | #1,067 (1901) | #1,359 |
| 1910s | 231 | #1,228 (1914) | #1,371 |
| 1920s | 226 | #1,223 (1929) | #1,850 |
| 1930s | 142 | #1,434 (1930) | #2,427 |
| 1940s | 94 | #2,203 (1940) | #3,416 |
| 1950s | 46 | #3,423 (1950) | #4,959 |
| 1960s | 5 | #7,016 (1968) | #7,016 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 7 | #9,244 (1988) | #9,244 |
| 1990s | 5 | #12,958 (1990) | #12,958 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 15 | #11,122 (2024) | #11,632 |
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.
Theora in 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
More about 1930
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1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 38,825 of them was named Theora, which outranked 72.7% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,403Virgia30
- #1,403Waunita30
- #1,403Zetta30
- #1,434Theora29
- #1,434Atha29
- #1,434Audree29
- #1,434Augustina29
- #1,460Arlis28
- #1,460Aubrey28
- #1,460Azzie28
Tied with 25 names at #1,434; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.