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Girl name#946 of girl names

Thea

Pronounced TH IY1 AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 2018
  • 145 years in use
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How popular is Thea?

Thea is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 19,242 children — the 946th most common girls' name on record.

It is climbing hard: about six times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2018, when 1,208 children were given it.

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2018Girls: 1,208Boys: 0

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
TH IY1 AH0
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

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

Names like Thea

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

Sibling names for Thea

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

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Thea?
Thea ranks 946th among girls' names in US records, with 19,242 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,384.
Is Thea a unisex name?
No. Thea is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Thea most popular?
2018, when 1,208 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.