How Many People Are Named Althea?
people named Althea are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 34,614 people in the US has this name
Based on 17,985 babies named Althea in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
388 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Greek name Αλθαια (Althaia), perhaps related to Greek αλθος (althos) "healing". In Greek myth she was the mother of Meleager. Soon after her son was born she was told that he would die as soon as a piece of wood that was burning on her fire was fully consumed. She immediately extinguished the piece of wood and sealed it in a chest, but in a fit of rage many years later she took it out and set it alight, thereby killing her son.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Althea in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Althea alive today is about 48 years old, and 45% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 21 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Althea first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1956, to 388 babies. In 2025, 171 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Althea has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #356, in 1920. In 2025 it ranked #1,299.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,299 |
| Best rank | #356 (1920) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #525 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Althea alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Althea were born in New York than in any other state: about 932 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Althea was given 5.8 times as often in Maine, 4.4 times in Louisiana and 2.2 times in Florida.
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