How Many People Are Named Thalia?

15,093

people named Thalia are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 22,645 people in the US has this name

Based on 16,264 babies named Thalia in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,907

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,034

See the top 100

Peak Year

1993

700 births

Trend

→

Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From the Greek Θαλεια (Thaleia), derived from θαλλω (thallo) meaning "to blossom". In Greek mythology she was one of the nine Muses, the muse of comedy and pastoral poetry. This was also the name of one of the three Graces or Χαριτες (Charites).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Thalia in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Thalia alive today is about 22 years old, and 75% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 30 in 2025.

Under 30 11,288
74.8%
30 to 59 3,065
20.3%
60 and over 740
4.9%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Thalia first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1993, to 700 babies. In 2025, 446 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Thalia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #363, in 1993. In 2025 it ranked #648.

Girls
Rank in 2025#648
Best rank#363 (1993)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#707 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Thalia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Thalia were born in California than in any other state: about 2,718 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Thalia was given 1.7 times as often in Connecticut, 1.7 times in New York and 1.6 times in Arizona.

California 2,718
Texas 1,703
New York 1,368
Florida 982
Illinois 585
Arizona 398
New Jersey 389
Massachusetts 386
Pennsylvania 372
Washington 293
Colorado 275
Michigan 268
Ohio 242
Virginia 214
North Carolina 210
Connecticut 204
Georgia 186
Oregon 146
Wisconsin 136
Maryland 133
Indiana 133
Nevada 117
Tennessee 115
Missouri 87
Minnesota 87
Kansas 65
New Mexico 64
Utah 63
South Carolina 41
Oklahoma 41
Iowa 36
Idaho 36
Hawaii 34
Louisiana 29
Alabama 28
Kentucky 27
Nebraska 22
Rhode Island 18
Arkansas 13

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