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Althea
Pronounced /ælˈθi.ə/
Rank in 2024
#1,397
Born in 2024
160
Peak year
1956 · #475
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 160 girls were named Althea, about 1 in every 10,082.
- It peaked in 1956 with 389 babies, ranked #475.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 17,807 girls have been named Althea since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Althea per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 4,672 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Silent: 2,537 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,465 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,016 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Millennials: 845 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,023 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,735 babies, 0.09 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Althaia or Althaea of Greek mythology, from Ancient Greek Ἀλθαία (Althaía).
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ælˈθi.ə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Althea, CC BY-SA 4.0.