Thekla

Last seen for girls in 2021 at #13,464

Peak · girls
1890 · 14 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
296
since 1882

Thekla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Thekla has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #727, 1890girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1972#7,2926
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1962#6,5785
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1924#5,0615
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1922#3,6558
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1919#3,8177
1918#2,51913
1917#4,0836
1916#2,49812
1915#2,68810
1914#2,4349
1913
1912#1,71911
1911
1910#2,1406
1909#1,6078
1908#1,8626
1907#1,8216
1906#1,9515
1905#1,9315
1904#1,3648
1903#1,5926
1902#1,5946
1901#1,00711
1900#1,3199
1899#1,2787
1898#1,04711
1897#1,0949
1896#1,04710
1895#1,1239
1894#1,2377
1893#86512
1892
1891
1890#72714
1889#9508
1888#9598
1887#7889
1886#8288
1885
1884#1,0245
1883
1882#9085
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Thekla! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Thekla
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 223 spots in 1890 (#950#727)
  • Biggest drop: 372 spots in 1894 (#865#1,237)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1890 at #727 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1886–1890
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,598
  • Highest: 1 in 13,598 girls born in 1890 were named Thekla (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 273,477 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1890s
  • 26.7% of all girls named Thekla (79) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s43#788 (1887)#910
1890s79#727 (1890)#1,052
1900s70#1,007 (1901)#1,605
1910s74#1,719 (1912)#2,737
1920s13#3,655 (1922)#4,358
1930s0
1940s0
1950s0
1960s5#6,578 (1962)#6,578
1970s6#7,292 (1972)#7,292
1980s0
1990s0
2000s0
2010s0
2020s6#13,464 (2021)#13,464

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.

Thekla in 1887

girls
#788
9 births · 1 in 16,220 girls

Top girls' names in 1887

  1. #1Mary9,888
  2. #2Anna4,227
  3. #3Elizabeth2,681
  4. #4Emma2,647
  5. #5Margaret2,419
  6. #6Minnie2,215
  7. #7Bertha2,037
  8. #8Clara1,984
  9. #9Florence1,964
  10. #10Ida1,929
  11. #788Thekla9
More about 1887

girls

145,981 girls got a published name in 1887; 1 in 16,220 of them was named Thekla, which outranked 39.7% of the 1,306 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thekla
  1. #733Rubie10
  2. #733Tempie10
  3. #733Veva10
  4. #788Thekla9
  5. #788Adelina9
  6. #788Adell9
  7. #788Aggie9
  8. #860Adelle8
  9. #860Aileen8
  10. #860Alicia8

Tied with 71 names at #788; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. 571Ossie#1,108#537
  2. 522Albertine#1,108#586
  3. 475Grayce#1,108#633
  4. 447Berenice#1,108#661
  5. 447Elfrieda#1,108#661
Fallers
  1. 591Faith#556#1,147
  2. 541Jo#606#1,147
  3. 541Leanna#606#1,147
  4. 541Manie#606#1,147
  5. 430Drusilla#606#1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1887