Theta
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419
- Peak · girls
- 1907 · 20 births
- Debut · girls
- 20 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 402since 1907
Theta over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Theta has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
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| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
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| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
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| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 |
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| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #840 | 20 |
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First appearance
1907
The first year at least five girls were named Theta! It came in at #840, and was given to 20 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1911, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Theta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest drop: 1,022 spots in 1908 (#840 → #1,862)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1907 at #840 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1908, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1907
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,928
- Highest: 1 in 15,928 girls born in 1907 were named Theta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,020 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 25.1% of all girls named Theta (101) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 33 | #840 (1907) | #1,488 |
| 1910s | 56 | #1,847 (1917) | #2,941 |
| 1920s | 101 | #2,094 (1928) | #3,014 |
| 1930s | 84 | #2,037 (1932) | #2,778 |
| 1940s | 62 | #2,963 (1940) | #4,006 |
| 1950s | 40 | #4,300 (1959) | #4,937 |
| 1960s | 21 | #4,263 (1962) | #5,810 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,419 (2015) | #16,419 |
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.
Theta in 1907
girls
#840
20 births · 1 in 15,928 girls
Top girls' names in 1907
More about 1907
girls
318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 15,928 of them was named Theta, which outranked 65.0% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).