Althea
#1,299 for girls in 2025, 171 births · Last seen for boys in 1924 at #4,347
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1920 · 336 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 17,980since 1880
Althea over time
Rank among girls' names. Althea has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,299 | 171 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,398 | 160 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,348 | 167 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,343 | 175 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,476 | 145 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,398 | 156 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,355 | 167 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,386 | 162 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,460 | 154 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,667 | 128 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,643 | 130 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,096 | 92 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,953 | 101 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,495 | 73 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,511 | 72 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,341 | 81 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,510 | 75 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,957 | 59 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,047 | 57 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,978 | 57 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,524 | 68 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,526 | 66 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,393 | 69 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,745 | 55 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,766 | 53 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,277 | 68 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,405 | 61 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,398 | 58 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,511 | 51 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,630 | 47 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,932 | 40 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,988 | 39 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,451 | 51 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,920 | 40 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,484 | 50 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,289 | 55 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,873 | 70 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,093 | 55 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,276 | 47 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,116 | 50 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,283 | 44 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,593 | 70 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,047 | 49 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,050 | 50 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,396 | 88 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,657 | 69 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,605 | 70 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,653 | 64 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,440 | 77 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,307 | 83 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,381 | 76 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,094 | 106 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,151 | 95 | — | |
| 1972 | #888 | 142 | — | |
| 1971 | #931 | 139 | — | |
| 1970 | #884 | 150 | — | |
| 1969 | #826 | 155 | — | |
| 1968 | #684 | 202 | — | |
| 1967 | #659 | 211 | — | |
| 1966 | #765 | 164 | — | |
| 1965 | #674 | 213 | — | |
| 1964 | #854 | 149 | — | |
| 1963 | #912 | 133 | — | |
| 1962 | #825 | 161 | — | |
| 1961 | #761 | 187 | — | |
| 1960 | #692 | 216 | — | |
| 1959 | #681 | 217 | — | |
| 1958 | #595 | 278 | — | |
| 1957 | #509 | 352 | — | |
| 1956 | #475 | 388 | — | |
| 1955 | #580 | 248 | — | |
| 1954 | #506 | 308 | — | |
| 1953 | #546 | 254 | — | |
| 1952 | #465 | 328 | — | |
| 1951 | #455 | 333 | — | |
| 1950 | #462 | 309 | — | |
| 1949 | #545 | 235 | — | |
| 1948 | #761 | 126 | — | |
| 1947 | #803 | 118 | — | |
| 1946 | #723 | 125 | — | |
| 1945 | #712 | 110 | — | |
| 1944 | #715 | 111 | — | |
| 1943 | #718 | 115 | — | |
| 1942 | #689 | 116 | — | |
| 1941 | #651 | 118 | — | |
| 1940 | #693 | 101 | — | |
| 1939 | #643 | 113 | — | |
| 1938 | #629 | 119 | — | |
| 1937 | #551 | 148 | — | |
| 1936 | #593 | 124 | — | |
| 1935 | #540 | 141 | — | |
| 1934 | #501 | 165 | — | |
| 1933 | #501 | 163 | — | |
| 1932 | #510 | 164 | — | |
| 1931 | #517 | 160 | — | |
| 1930 | #506 | 175 | — | |
| 1929 | #480 | 198 | — | |
| 1928 | #492 | 196 | — | |
| 1927 | #425 | 263 | — | |
| 1926 | #449 | 226 | — | |
| 1925 | #428 | 258 | — | |
| 1924 | #421 | 275 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #421 | 254 | — | |
| 1922 | #399 | 274 | — | |
| 1921 | #379 | 311 | — | |
| 1920 | #356 | 336 | — | |
| 1919 | #399 | 261 | — | |
| 1918 | #363 | 318 | — | |
| 1917 | #388 | 265 | — | |
| 1916 | #386 | 265 | — | |
| 1915 | #368 | 266 | — | |
| 1914 | #378 | 199 | — | |
| 1913 | #416 | 141 | — | |
| 1912 | #404 | 131 | — | |
| 1911 | #467 | 77 | — | |
| 1910 | #412 | 91 | — | |
| 1909 | #426 | 75 | — | |
| 1908 | #444 | 66 | — | |
| 1907 | #517 | 48 | — | |
| 1906 | #465 | 53 | — | |
| 1905 | #497 | 46 | — | |
| 1904 | #484 | 46 | — | |
| 1903 | #457 | 49 | — | |
| 1902 | #490 | 41 | — | |
| 1901 | #499 | 37 | — | |
| 1900 | #589 | 35 | — | |
| 1899 | #455 | 41 | — | |
| 1898 | #555 | 33 | — | |
| 1897 | #554 | 29 | — | |
| 1896 | #487 | 36 | — | |
| 1895 | #520 | 32 | — | |
| 1894 | #429 | 42 | — | |
| 1893 | #594 | 23 | — | |
| 1892 | #503 | 29 | — | |
| 1891 | #395 | 39 | — | |
| 1890 | #599 | 19 | — | |
| 1889 | #439 | 30 | — | |
| 1888 | #548 | 21 | — | |
| 1887 | #524 | 18 | — | |
| 1886 | #508 | 19 | — | |
| 1885 | #576 | 14 | — | |
| 1884 | #583 | 13 | — | |
| 1883 | #536 | 13 | — | |
| 1882 | #560 | 11 | — | |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 | — | |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Althea was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 12 girls a year got the name.
See more about Althea
- 99 spots since 2024 (#1,398 → #1,299)
- 99 spots since 2020 (#1,398 → #1,299)
- 344 spots since 2015 (#1,643 → #1,299)
- Biggest jump: 216 spots in 1949 (#761 → #545)
- Biggest drop: 263 spots in 1973 (#888 → #1,151)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1920 at #356 (336 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1972
- Highest: 1 in 3,566 girls born in 1920 were named Althea (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,399 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 16.8% of all girls named Althea (3,015) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 156 | #439 (1889) | #548 |
| 1890s | 323 | #395 (1891) | #509 |
| 1900s | 496 | #426 (1909) | #487 |
| 1910s | 2,014 | #363 (1918) | #398 |
| 1920s | 2,591 | #356 (1920) | #425 |
| 1930s | 1,472 | #501 (1934) | #549 |
| 1940s | 1,275 | #545 (1949) | #701 |
| 1950s | 3,015 | #455 (1951) | #527 |
| 1960s | 1,791 | #659 (1967) | #765 |
| 1970s | 1,002 | #884 (1970) | #1,233 |
| 1980s | 592 | #1,396 (1981) | #1,938 |
| 1990s | 492 | #2,289 (1990) | #2,601 |
| 2000s | 627 | #2,277 (2000) | #2,672 |
| 2010s | 1,160 | #1,355 (2019) | #1,891 |
| 2020s | 974 | #1,299 (2025) | #1,377 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Althea in 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 4,541 of them was named Althea, which outranked 92.9% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 226,548 of them was named Althea, which outranked 12.5% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 623 names at #4,347; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.