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How popular is “Thea” in the USA?

Number of people named “Thea” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Thea” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Thea” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Thea” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Thea” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Thea” by birth year

This chart shows how “Thea” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 6 0.000029779 6 100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 100%
1882 7 0.000031598 7 100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 100%
1888 14 0.000046749 14 100%
1889 13 0.000044991 13 100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 100%
1892 12 0.000035888 12 100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 100%
1895 26 0.00007407 26 100%
1896 11 0.000030771 11 100%
1897 11 0.000031704 11 100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 100%
1901 15 0.000043376 15 100%
1902 14 0.000036201 14 100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 100%
1908 10 0.000020465 10 100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 100%
1912 20 0.000020242 20 100%
1913 15 0.000013191 15 100%
1914 19 0.000013415 19 100%
1915 17 0.000009277 17 100%
1916 21 0.000010856 21 100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 100%
1920 25 0.000011049 25 100%
1921 28 0.000011994 28 100%
1922 21 0.000009174 21 100%
1923 16 0.000006949 16 100%
1924 30 0.000012597 25 5 67%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 100%
1926 21 0.000009147 21 100%
1927 40 0.000017246 40 100%
1928 37 0.000016365 37 100%
1929 22 0.000010036 22 100%
1930 23 0.000010345 23 100%
1931 21 0.000009979 21 100%
1932 20 0.000009473 20 100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 100%
1934 17 0.000008186 17 100%
1935 22 0.000010527 22 100%
1936 23 0.000011071 23 100%
1937 23 0.000010795 23 100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 100%
1939 30 0.000013615 30 100%
1940 39 0.000016937 39 100%
1941 45 0.00001847 45 100%
1942 34 0.000012446 34 100%
1943 39 0.000013817 39 100%
1944 32 0.000011896 32 100%
1945 32 0.000012062 32 100%
1946 53 0.000016587 53 100%
1947 51 0.000014158 51 100%
1948 56 0.00001622 56 100%
1949 50 0.000014348 50 100%
1950 85 0.000024262 85 100%
1951 85 0.000023074 85 100%
1952 102 0.000026856 102 100%
1953 98 0.00002543 98 100%
1954 98 0.000024619 98 100%
1955 135 0.000033623 135 100%
1956 93 0.000022556 93 100%
1957 124 0.000029509 124 100%
1958 100 0.00002419 100 100%
1959 107 0.000025734 107 100%
1960 106 0.000025519 106 100%
1961 114 0.000027521 114 100%
1962 129 0.000031967 129 100%
1963 117 0.000029559 117 100%
1964 119 0.00003061 119 100%
1965 119 0.000032824 119 100%
1966 101 0.000029059 101 100%
1967 96 0.000028278 96 100%
1968 103 0.000030488 103 100%
1969 95 0.000027336 95 100%
1970 101 0.000028005 101 100%
1971 112 0.000032631 112 100%
1972 87 0.000027681 87 100%
1973 85 0.000028175 85 100%
1974 103 0.000033882 103 100%
1975 94 0.000031132 94 100%
1976 97 0.000031968 97 100%
1977 101 0.000031796 101 100%
1978 114 0.000035918 114 100%
1979 115 0.000034566 115 100%
1980 132 0.000038322 132 100%
1981 133 0.000038446 133 100%
1982 123 0.000035063 123 100%
1983 78 0.000022522 78 100%
1984 92 0.00002637 92 100%
1985 81 0.000022695 81 100%
1986 78 0.000021928 78 100%
1987 75 0.000020801 75 100%
1988 104 0.000028146 104 100%
1989 126 0.000032775 126 100%
1990 138 0.000034915 138 100%
1991 126 0.000032347 126 100%
1992 98 0.000025512 98 100%
1993 112 0.000029706 112 100%
1994 61 0.000016408 61 100%
1995 67 0.000018295 67 100%
1996 97 0.000026596 97 100%
1997 88 0.000024271 88 100%
1998 75 0.00002039 75 100%
1999 90 0.000024365 90 100%
2000 111 0.000029366 111 100%
2001 124 0.000033125 124 100%
2002 124 0.00003317 124 100%
2003 149 0.000039187 149 100%
2004 150 0.000039258 150 100%
2005 130 0.000033812 130 100%
2006 133 0.000033618 133 100%
2007 132 0.000033019 132 100%
2008 148 0.000037653 148 100%
2009 161 0.000042145 161 100%
2010 145 0.000039234 145 100%
2011 146 0.000039915 146 100%
2012 187 0.00005113 187 100%
2013 213 0.000058426 213 100%
2014 364 0.000098209 364 100%
2015 688 0.0001859 688 100%
2016 1121 0.000305558 1121 100%
2017 1192 0.000333315 1192 100%
2018 1208 0.000343582 1208 100%
2019 1142 0.000329018 1142 100%
2020 1069 0.000320005 1069 100%
2021 1033 0.000304904 1033 100%
2022 1065 0.000314797 1065 100%
2023 973 0.000293852 973 100%
2024 893 0.000268289 893 100%

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