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Thea
Pronounced /ˈθiːə/
Rank in 2024
#348
Born in 2024
893
Peak year
2018 · #273
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 893 girls were named Thea, about 1 in every 1,806.
- It peaked in 2018 with 1,208 babies, ranked #273.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 19,237 girls have been named Thea since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Thea per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 432 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 487 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,822 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,655 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,589 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,093 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 10,961 babies, 0.54 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Shortened from Dorothea and Theodora, ultimately from Ancient Greek θεά (theá, “goddess”).
- A female given name from Ancient Greek (rather rare in English).
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈθiːə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Thea, CC BY-SA 4.0.