Girl name#996 of girl names
Althea
Pronounced AE0 L TH IY1 AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1956
- 145 years in use
How popular is Althea?
Althea is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 17,812 children — the 996th most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 1956, when 389 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AE0 L TH IY1 AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Althea
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Althea
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Althea?
- Althea ranks 996th among girls' names in US records, with 17,812 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,542.
- Is Althea a unisex name?
- No. Althea is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Althea most popular?
- 1956, when 389 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.