How Many People Are Named Theda?
people named Theda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 203,201 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,556 babies named Theda in Social Security records from 1880 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
356 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of THEODORA. A famous bearer was actress Theda Bara (1885-1955), who was born Theodosia Goodman.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Theda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Theda alive today is about 70 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Theda first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1919, to 356 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Theda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #337, in 1919.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #337 (1919) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #496 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Theda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Theda were born in Texas than in any other state: about 82 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Theda was given 4.2 times as often in Oklahoma, 2.6 times in Arkansas and 2.6 times in Kansas.
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