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Thalia

Pronounced TH EY1 L Y AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1993
  • 140 years in use
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How popular is Thalia?

Thalia is a girls' name, and first appears in 1885. It has been given to 16,122 children — the 1,055th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1993, when 700 children were given it.

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Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
TH EY1 L Y AH0
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Thalia

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Thalia

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Thalia?
Thalia ranks 1,055th among girls' names in US records, with 16,122 births since 1885. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,904.
Is Thalia a unisex name?
No. Thalia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Thalia most popular?
1993, when 700 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.